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With the death of Le Congxun, Luo Hongxin has relaxed his nervousness these days, because as long as Le Congxun dies, Zhu Wen's troops will have no meaning to go north. Although Zhu Wen is powerful, he still wants to take advantage of Wei Bo When the town was in turmoil, troops were sent north to help Le Congxun, and finally control Le Congxun, treating Le Congxun as a puppet.As for Zhu Wen's plan, Luo Hongxin could also predict that it was almost the same. The so-called revenge for General Lei Yelei was just an excuse.

Luo Hongxin is a smart man. Once Le Congxun died, he also killed Le Yanzhen, who had been imprisoned in the army for a long time, and sent the heads of their father and son outside Zhu Zhen's gate, along with a large number of live chickens and ducks. Cattle, sheep and pigs reward Zhu Zhen's people.He also asked the envoy to come to sue for peace, and agreed to send General Lei's body back to Bianliang, and pay 1 taels of burial expenses, as well as the 10 taels of silver that Zhu Zhen said Lei Ye brought to buy grain and grass. Luo Hongxin also agreed Double the money.I just hope that Zhu Zhen can withdraw the troops. He has no plans to return the three counties that Zhu Zhen has already occupied. Luo Hongxin is a very contented person. As long as Zhu Zhen is willing to withdraw the troops, everything can be discussed.

Zhu Zhen looked at the dozens of large boxes brought in by Luo Hongxin's envoy. The lids were opened, and the white ingots were full of fine silver ingots, a total of 20 taels. Zhu Zhen had also seen the world. With so much silver in front of him, he couldn't help being shocked, and thought: "This Luo Hongxin is really willing to spend all his money!" You must know that 20 taels of silver is not a small amount, and it is 1 taels in terms of weight. Jin (16 taels of silver is a catty, so there is the saying "half a catty eight taels").

Zhu Zhen didn't dare to call the shots, so she hurriedly ordered people to go to Shandong to report to Zhu Wen, and the troops here were temporarily put on hold. Of course, Luo Hongxin had to pay for the army's food and grass and all kinds of consumption.Luo Hongxin is also a straightforward person, as long as you don't start fighting and agree to any conditions, this is the difference in strength, and Luo Hongxin can't help it.

The reason why Zhu Zhen didn't continue to go north was not because Luo Hongxin sent so much money all at once, but because now that Le Congxun was dead, there was no suitable reason to go north by herself, and secondly, even if he could occupy Weibo Town However, the people in Weibo Town may not be convinced, and the court may not admit it. The third and most important point is that without the cooperation of Le Congxun, his 2 horses may not be able to sweep Weibo Town.After all, Weibo Town used to be the largest feudal town in the Central Plains, and the strongest among the three towns in Hebei. Although its strength has declined in the past two years, after all, centipedes are dead but not stiff, and emaciated camels are bigger than horses, which really drove them into a hurry If they fight to the death, it will be enough for Zhu Zhen to drink a pot.

So Zhu Zhen considered it again and again, and asked Zhu Wen for his opinion first.

The distance from Liyang to Zhu Wen's camp outside the city of Yunzhou is not too far, and it took six hundred miles to rush to arrive at night. When Zhu Wen heard that Le Congxun had died, he couldn't help but secretly sighed, thinking: It seems Missed the best time to recover Weibo Town. Now Zhu Wen can be said to be attacked from three sides. Sun Ru in the south is rebellious. Formed an alliance with the Zhu Jin brothers, and personally led troops to fight in Shandong, but Shi Pu assembled an army of [-], ready to stab himself from the back. Zhu Wen has been paying attention to these, and at the same time asked Zhang Cunjing, who guards Songzhou (Shangqiu, Henan) to be on guard , while secretly asking Ding Hui and Niu Cunjie to lead the troops to defend against the enemy, but Zhu Wen was still worried and asked Pang Shigu to hold the line.

Needless to say, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin from Shandong, the two sides have already started a full-scale war, and now their [-] troops have arrived at the city of Yunzhou, Zhu Xuan is behind closed doors, and the two sides are in a stalemate.

If we go to war with Luo Hongxin at this time, even someone as powerful as Zhu Wen would be too much to bear, not to mention Li Keyong, the enemy who is watching from the sidelines. If Li Ke and Sun Ru go to war at the same time, Li Ke will use this new force to make another move, which will really be enough for Zhu Wen to drink a pot. By then, the foundation that has been hard-won over the past ten years may be in vain.

Now that Luo Hongxin is so knowledgeable about current affairs, Zhu Wen accepts it as soon as he sees it, and immediately writes back to Zhu Zhen, asking him to agree to Luo Hongxin's request and not continue to go north. To Luo Hongxin, but there is a request that Li Keyong's men and horses from Dongdong cannot be released.Li Ke used it in Shanxi. If he wanted to get involved in Zhu Wen's war, he had to go through Heyang or Luoyang, but this road is now under the jurisdiction of Zhu Wen. Of course, it is impossible for Li Ke to use it. Meng Lifang and Wang Chongying They all had a feud with Li Keyong, and they would not let him go. Now Luo Hongxin is the only way to go.

As long as Luo Hongxin can defend Li Keyong's eastward route, Zhu Wen, the other feudal towns, can still be taken down.

Zhu Zhen conveyed Zhu Wen's intention to Luo Hongxin, and Luo Hongxin thought it over and over again, but he still agreed after gritted his teeth.As the so-called lesser of two evils, Zhu Wen's strength is obviously much greater than Li Keyong, so Luo Hongxin naturally chose to lean on Zhu Wen's side.Firstly, it was because his territory was adjacent to Zhu Wen's, and secondly, he was indeed a little afraid of Zhu Wen, wasn't he?The battle of Wang Mandu made Zhu Wen famous all over the world. 2 people defeated Huang Chao's 20 army, and also recruited Huang Chao's generals Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Guiba and other dozens of generals.In recent years, he has repeatedly defeated Qin Zongquan, and finally captured Qin Zongquan alive and offered to capture Chang'an.

In just a few years, it has occupied most of the Yicheng Army, Zhongwu Army, Shannan Dongdao, the eastern capital Luoyang, and Heyang Army, including the three cities of Heyang. Together with the Xuanwu Army, its strength has become unmatched. It's time.Although most of the Jiedu envoys in these feudal towns are still recognized by the court, but which of these Jiedu envoys is not based on Zhu Wen's leadership?

Although Li Keyong has annexed Helianduo's Yunzhou and occupied Yanmen, Hedong, and Yunzhou, he still can't compete with Zhu Wen. A few days ago, he helped Li Hanzhi beat Zhang Quanyi. He suffered a big defeat in his hands.Luo Hongxin saw this very clearly. He knew that if he was on the wrong team now, he would suffer a lot in the future, so he agreed to Zhu Wen's request without hesitation, and promised that Zhu Wen would follow suit in the future.

Zhu Wen reciprocated, and recommended Luo Hongxin as Weibo Jiedu envoy as the king of Dongping, and asked the court to recognize him.

Now Tang Zhaozong Li Ye (the original Kang Wang Li Jie) has just ascended the throne, how can he manage so many things, of course he is selling Zhu Wen's face, so he agreed and officially appointed Luo Hongxin as Wei Bo Jiedushi. Bo Zhen has also become Zhu Wen's staunch ally.

***************************************************** ************ But said that when Zhu Wen arrived at the city of Yunzhou, Zhu Xuan guarded the city gate tightly and did not come out behind closed doors.He knew very well that once Zhu Wen attacked the city, although the city walls of Yunzhou were strong, they would not be able to stop Zhu Wen's artillery attack at all. One round of artillery shells would be enough to blow up the gate of the city gate.

What's more, now his cousin Zhu Qiong was also captured by Zhu Wen, and now he is being escorted by Zhu Wen's men to show the public outside the city wall. Zhu Qiong is now bare-chested, with his hands tied, and a thick rope is leading him. Even on a war horse, the knight on the horse is strolling leisurely around the city wall of Yunzhou City in a show of power. Zhu Qiong, the formerly invincible general, is now pale and defeated. Although he is very angry, there is nothing he can do. The war horse dragged and staggered forward.Zhu Xuan, who was watching from the tower, was about to break his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

He didn't dare to fight, and he didn't have the confidence to defend, so Zhu Xuan hurriedly called all the generals and counselors to discuss countermeasures.

But the generals could come up with no other way than going out of the city to meet the enemy, or staying behind closed doors and waiting for reinforcements from Yanzhou to arrive. These two methods were nothing new, and Zhu Xuan shook his head.

Suddenly Zhu Yu, a nephew of Zhu Xuan's family, stood up and said: "Uncle, my nephew has a plan, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Zhu Xuandao: "Tell me." Zhu Xuan didn't have too high expectations at all, just to make face for his nephew and listen to what he said.

Zhu Yudao: "My nephew has always been on good terms with my third uncle, Zhu Jin. Now that my third uncle has been captured and humiliated by them, my little nephew uses it as an excuse to save my third uncle, pretends to join Zhu Wen, and promises to be an insider to open the city gate to attract Zhu. When Wen's men enter the city, when the time comes, lead them into the Wengcheng and pass through the Qianjin gate of the city gate. In this way, wouldn't it be a situation of catching turtles in the urn? No matter how powerful Zhu Wen is, he will also fly south."

Zhu Xuan didn't pay much attention to it at first, but the more he listened to it, the more delighted he became. Immediately, he slapped the table and said joyfully, "Okay, let's do it this way, everything is under your command!"

Zhu Yu left Yunzhou City that day, and sneaked to Zhu Wen's camp at night, but was caught by patrol soldiers standing guard before reaching the gate of the camp. Zhu Yu pretended to be very scared and told his story Because of his identity, he asked to see Zhu Wen, and said that he would help Zhu Wen take down Yunzhou without bloodshed.

Zhu Wen met Zhu Yu in the big tent. Zhu Yu explained his intention and expressed his desire to see Zhu Qiong.Zhu Wen agreed one by one, and asked Zhu Yu when to do it?

Zhu Yu said: "It's not too late, it's tonight, but I want to see my third uncle Zhu Jin first, and I will cooperate with you to attack the city after ensuring that my third uncle is safe."

Zhu Wen asked Zhu Qiong to be escorted up, and asked his uncle and nephew to talk about the past first.

After escorting Zhu Qiong back, Zhu Wen discussed with Zhu Yu the specific time of action and the contact code, and left Zhu Yu to eat and drink again. Go down to Yunzhou.

Zhu Yu went back to report to Zhu Xuan, saying that everything went well, just waiting for Zhu Wenwen and his men to enter the urn, the two uncles and nephews looked at each other and smiled, thinking: I didn't expect Zhu Wen to be nothing more than that, hum...