Li Maozhen coerced Zhaozong Li Ye to issue an order to summon all the troops to serve the king. Although Li Ye was reluctant, his life was at stake. How could he not agree?

Under the siege, there was a shortage of food in Fengxiang City. Even the emperor's food could only consist of porridge every meal. There was not even a person to serve him. Even the noodles for the porridge were eaten by him, the emperor and his mother.

The two queens polished it themselves.

Poor Li Ye, as the emperor, where has he ever done the grinding work? There are blood blisters on both hands, but the pitiful wheat noodles can not be eaten open, and sometimes they can cook some porridge to survive. The couple two

People shed tears all day long, and the feeling is something that ordinary people cannot understand.

Li Ye's imperial edict was sent to various vassal towns. Which of these people didn't know what was going on? When the emperor was kidnapped and sent to Fengxiang, Prime Minister Cui Yin had already informed various places and summoned princes and kings from all walks of life to jointly attack Li Maozhen. At this time, the emperor was in Fengxiang

, and such an edict was issued, who would not know that it was done by Li Maozhen?

However, some people still believe that Wang Shifan, the military governor of Pinglu Army, burst into tears after receiving the edict. He summoned all the generals and said: "Now that the emperor is in the dust, Zhu Wen, the military commander of Xuanwu Army, wants to kidnap the emperor and besiege him in Fengxiang. The emperor personally

The edict is issued, asking me to wait for King Qin. Our family has received great kindness from the emperor, how can we not want to repay it? I hope that the generals can lead the army and save the emperor from danger, and the world will be very lucky."

General Liu Wei said: "I thought otherwise. Li Maozhen invaded Chang'an and burned and plundered the city of Chang'an, so that the emperor was covered in dust. Prime Minister Cui has already told the world that Li Maozhen and Han Quanjie hijacked the emperor and went to Fengxiang. They wanted to hold the emperor hostage and order the princes to Dongping.

The king of the county was also ordered to rescue King Qin, so he surrounded Fengxiang. Now that the emperor is kidnapped by Li Maozhen, I am afraid that this edict may not be true. Even if it is really an edict from the emperor, I am afraid that it is because Li Maozhen is holding him hostage and has no choice but to do it."

Wang Shifan said: "Of course this edict is true, how can the jade seal on it be fake? Even if the edict is fake, how can we, as ministers, regard the edict as nothing?"

In fact, how could Wang Shifan not know that the edict was not from the emperor's original intention? It's just that the current position of the Pinglu Army does not allow him to do otherwise. Zhu Wen's strength has expanded too fast. The Tianping Army and the Taining Army have all become Zhu Wen's.

The next step in his pocket should be the Pinglu Army. Although Qingzhou City is high and the walls are deep, it may not be able to stop Zhu Wen's army. Once Zhu Wen pacifies Li Maozhen and turns to deal with Wang Shifan,

Wang Shifan has no ability to protect himself.

Therefore, Wang Shifan thought twice and wanted to set a fire on Zhu Wen's rear when Zhu Wen fought with Li Maozhen and Li Keyong at the same time, so that Zhu Wen could not look at each other. Perhaps this was the only chance to defeat Zhu Wen. Because

Zhu and Wen's main forces are now in the west. Almost most of the generals are gathering in the Guanzhong area. Li Cunxiao is in Gaoyou to annex and contain Yang Xingmi, and Pang Shigu is in Xuzhou to contain Qian Liu. Therefore, Zhu Wen's rear is the most empty at this time.

Although Wang Shifan was young, he was a man with unique vision. He thought that if a few groups of strange troops could be sent out to attack Zhu Wen's rear, it would not be impossible to capture Bianliang in one fell swoop.

Xu Huaiyu, the guard of Bianliang, has already gone to the river. It can be said that the city of Bianliang is empty at this time, and Yunzhou and Yanzhou are even more unfit for the generals to fight. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. At this time, the emperor issued an edict to attack Zhu Wen.

,How could Wang Shifan let go of this opportunity?

Most of the generals are Wang Jingwu's old subordinates, and all of them are mature and mature. Of course they know what the young master Wang Shifan has in mind. As for deceiving children by following the imperial edict, they are more like it. But of course they know that the position they are in now is not good enough.

Allowing them to have other choices, they were all promoted by Wang Jingwu. Now they can become generals, lead the army, and live a good life, all because of Wang Jingwu's trust in him. Now seeing that the young master's position is about to be lost, of course he feels

Even if they are not doing it for Wang Shifan, but for their own future, they will not allow Zhu Wen to capture Qingzhou one day. Once Zhu Wen captures Pinglu Army, these capable generals will

It is still unknown whether he can save his life, let alone the glory and wealth in front of him.

Instead of waiting for Zhu Wen to pacify the west and then turn around to deal with Qingzhou, it is better to take advantage of this moment and give it a go, so they all agreed with Wang Shifan's suggestion in their hearts.

Only Liu Wei, a young general, held different opinions. However, Liu Wei was just a general (commander of personal soldiers) of Wang Shifan. He was a man of few words. Even if he had ideas, no one would take his opinions seriously.

Wang Shifan sent three armies disguised as merchants to raid Bianliang, hoping to give Zhu Wen a fatal blow while his rear was empty!

However, Liu Wei asked Wang Shifan to give him 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yunzhou with light cavalry. Liu Wei was Wang Shifan's favorite general. Wang Shifan singled out Liu Wei from his own soldiers and gradually promoted him to his own soldiers.

Commander. It can be said that Wang Shifan was kind to Liu Wei. Therefore, although Liu Wei did not agree with Wang Shifan's ideas, since Wang Shifan insisted on using troops against Zhu Wen, Liu Wei would of course do his best to plan for his lord.

Although Wang Shifan was only the military commander of the Pinglu Army, he still had an army of 200,000 under his command. Five thousand men and horses was not a lot for him, so he agreed.

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*************************** There was a prosperous scene in Bianliang City. Brothers Zhu Youning, Zhu Youlun, Zhu Youyu, and Zhu Youzhen all grew up at this time.

They married a handsome young man, and they often read, hunted, practiced martial arts and composed poems together, and they lived a comfortable life together.

That day, several brothers prepared to go hunting as usual. When they arrived at the east gate of Bianliang, they saw a large caravan waiting for inspection at the city gate, almost blocking the entire city gate.

Zhu Youyu frowned and felt a little puzzled. Although Bianliang was extremely prosperous, the world was in chaos. People who could own such a large caravan were definitely not ordinary people. But there was obviously something wrong with the guys in these caravans. They seemed to

They looked a little nervous. Some of them were particularly nervous when they saw the defenders at the city gate, and their eyes flickered, which made him very suspicious.

Zhu Youyu couldn't help but pull Zhu Youning's sleeve and said: "Brother, I think this caravan is a bit suspicious."

Zhu Youning was the oldest among the people. He didn't pay much attention to these business travelers at first. After hearing what Zhu Youyu said, he couldn't help but take a look at it. Of course, he could see something was wrong. He and Zhu Youyu looked at each other.

He glanced at him, nodded slightly, and pulled the brothers forward immediately.

When the school captain who was guarding the gate saw several young masters coming out, he hurriedly came to greet them and said: "You guys, are you going hunting again?"

Zhu Youning patted the horn bow next to the saddle and said with a smile: "Yes, Captain Wang, whose caravan is this across the way? Why are there so many people?"

Captain Wang replied: "I heard that it is the caravan of the Yang family in Qingzhou. It seems that the Yang family has made a lot of money in the past two years. Although they often brought caravans to Bianliang in the past, they have never brought so many people and goods. At that time, I thought the Yang family had made some kind of fortune, and then they formed such a large caravan."

After hearing Captain Wang's words, Zhu Youyu became even more confused. He greeted Zhu Youning, and Zhu Youning whispered to Captain Wang in a low voice: "Be careful with the Wannian Ship. I think there is something strange about these people, such a big caravan." , it is definitely not the caravan of the Yang family in Qingzhou, you must strictly investigate it, if there is a spy in this caravan sneaking into the city, the consequences will be disastrous."

Captain Wang was heartbroken and couldn't help but take another look at those people. Don't be hasty with this look. He immediately saw something was wrong. He was serving as a captain at the gate of the city for more than a day and a half. He is very familiar, and of course he does not accept the filial piety of those caravans. Even though he is just a captain watching the city gate, if he just says a word, he can prevent those caravans from entering the city. Of course, they cannot enter the city. It's even more impossible to sell things. If you don't sell things, you can't make money, so this city gate captain is also a big fat man.

Wang Xiaowei had been working as an errand at the city gate for a long time, and he also developed a pair of sharp eyes. At this time, he took a closer look at the drivers or ordinary men. It was almost certain that these people were very skilled, with intricate muscles on their arms and The raised veins on the back of his hands clearly told him that these people were abnormal.

Lieutenant Wang said to a team member beside him: "Don't let these people enter the city, these people have problems..."

Zhu Youyu said directly: "Close the city gate quickly!"

The team looked at Captain Wang hesitantly and reluctantly asked their superiors for his opinion.

Zhu Youyu is Zhu Wen's eldest son. How can Captain Wang, a small city gate captain, offend him? No matter what he says is right or wrong, as long as he issues an order, it must be carried out. He immediately said angrily: " You kid didn’t hear it, the eldest son said he wanted to close the city gate!”

Only then did the team react, hurriedly agreed, and shouted at the city gate: "Close the city gate!"

Zhu Youyu shook his head secretly and cursed in his heart: "Idiot!"

Sure enough, the merchants at the city gate quickly took out their weapons from the carriages and rushed into the city gate. Several soldiers at the city gate were caught off guard and were hacked to death with knives. Captain Wang hurriedly blew the horn, and the city gate opened. After hearing the sound of the horn, the nearby officers and soldiers quickly gathered at the city gate. A battle was about to begin...
Chapter completed!