Under the current situation, the Wu family in Shanhaiguan wants to annex Liaodong Town. Although Liaodong Town has just experienced a series of civil strife, its foundation of strength has not been affected. Therefore, if the Wu family in Shanhaiguan wants to smoothly annex Liaodong Town, it will never
It is not an easy task, it can even be regarded as a big gamble. If you are not careful, you will be bitten by Liaodong Town.
Under such circumstances, once a high-level military attache from Liaodong Town pretends to join the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, no matter whether he can successfully defraud Wu Yingxiong's trust, he will definitely become a golden horse in Wu Yingxiong's eyes, which can greatly reduce the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan.
Resistance in Liaodong Town.
The so-called "horse bones of a thousand gold pieces", in the eyes of buyers, the "horse bones" are the key and can play a role as a weather vane, but in the eyes of the sellers, the "horse bones of a thousand gold pieces" are the key, and they will definitely gain a rich harvest.
Therefore, no matter who chooses to pretend to join the Wu family in Shanhaiguan at this time, they can take the opportunity to get a large sum of benefits from Wu Yingxiong and put it into their own pocket.
What's more, facing the Wu family of Shanhaiguan, Liaodong Town has no chance of winning. If Liaodong Town is ultimately unable to resist the annexation of the Wu family of Shanhaiguan, the senior military attache of Liaodong Town who pretends to join the Wu family of Shanhaiguan will have greater room for maneuver.
They can change from pretending to surrender to sincerely surrendering, at least they won't lose money.
At the same time, if Liaodong Town finally successfully forces out the Shanhaiguan Wu family due to this bitter trick, then the senior military attache of Liaodong Town who endured the humiliation and played an internal role will be the biggest contributor. When all external disturbances have settled, the various factions within Liaodong Town will again elect
On the occasion of the official recruitment of troops, this achievement is undoubtedly a heavy weight.
Before Zhao Junchen proposed this painful plan, the Liaodong town generals were gathering on the camp tower to carefully observe the movements of Guan Ning's cavalry.
But after thinking of these benefits, the generals in Liaodong Town suddenly became red-eyed. They regarded this internal response task as a piece of cake and did not bother to continue to observe the enemy's situation. They all recommended themselves out of righteousness and expressed their willingness to sacrifice their lives for benevolence.
, wanting to take the initiative to take on the risks and infamy brought about by this internal response task.
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"This task should be the responsibility of this general... As Zhao Gechen said, Wu Yingxiong has always been cautious, and it is not easy to deceive his trust. Therefore, this general must have a sufficiently alert mind and be able to speak well.
There is no need to be modest about your eloquence. When it comes to agility and eloquence, I still have some confidence! Therefore, no matter what you consider, I am the best candidate for this internal response!"
Li Zehe first volunteered and acted like he was doing his part!
But just as Li Zehe finished speaking, Gan Chengcheng sarcastically denied: "In terms of agility and eloquence, General Li is certainly the top choice in Liaodong Town, but it is precisely because you are so smart that everyone
Everyone knows that you are a smart person, which may make Wu Yingxiong more vigilant... I believe that if you want to be a good internal agent, you not only need to be witty and eloquent, but also have a low-key temper. It is best to have had a relationship with Wu Yingxiong before.
friendship……"
Gan Cheng did not directly recommend himself, but combined with all the conditions he put forward, he was the only one who met all the criteria.
Among the various defense areas in Liaodong Town, the East Road Defense Area under the jurisdiction of Gancheng faced the border defense pressure second only to the North Road Defense Area. It had to resist the Jurchen invasion of Jianzhou every year, so he had many times come to support
The Guan Ning cavalry fought side by side, and they had some friendship with Wu Yingxiong.
Subsequently, Xu He, Li Shijie, Huang Shenming and others also expressed their opinions.
Xu He said that as the acting commander-in-chief, if he personally took on this internal role, he would undoubtedly attract Wu Yingxiong's attention the most; Li Shijie said that he represented the generals of the Li family, and would definitely make Wu Yingxiong welcome him, and he would not dare to neglect; Huang
The statement stated that as the West Road General of Liaodong Town, the defense area under his jurisdiction is adjacent to Shanhaiguan, and he is most familiar with the situation of the Wu family...
After expressing their own advantages respectively, no one was convinced and no one was willing to give in. Therefore, the generals in Liaodong Town exaggerated the danger of this internal mission one after another, hoping to scare others away.
I am willing to take risks and sacrifice myself for charity, but the situation remains deadlocked.
After all, no one is stupid. After basic analysis, we know that the risk of this task is not high, because no matter who takes on this internal role, they will only stay in the camp in Liaodong Town most of the time.
Among them, the communication with Wu Yingxiong was also through messengers, so there was no need to put oneself in danger.
Under such circumstances, even if the generals were arguing and received a notification from Wu Yingxiong, stating that he would lead Guan Ning's cavalry to forcefully break into the camp in Liaodong Town in a quarter of an hour, the generals in Liaodong Town still could not stop their dispute.
Seeing that the generals of Liaodong Town once again held their own opinions, and the situation fell into a stalemate again, no one was willing to take the lead for their own interests, and they were unable to form a unified opinion. Zhao Junchen couldn't help but shook his head and sighed at the people in front of him.
Short-sighted and selfish, with no regard for the overall situation.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen could not help but be vaguely worried about the future defense of Liaodong Town, and he became increasingly determined to support Ximen Sheng to become the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town.
But Zhao Junchen also knew that he had caused the situation before him.
Zhao Junchen had previously promoted Xu He to the position of acting commander-in-chief because he could temporarily unite Liaodong Town, but he could not completely unite Liaodong Town.
Only a little bit of unity.
Only in this way can more space be left for Zhao Junchen's subsequent operations.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen could not blame anyone else, so he had no choice but to come forward again and end the dispute with his own hands.
Zhao Junchen coughed first, attracting the attention of everyone in Liaodong Town.
Afterwards, Zhao Junchen first turned to look at Li Shijie and asked: "Li Qianhu is the direct descendant of the general Li family. If Li Qianhu serves as the internal leader, Wu Yingxiong will naturally want to take Li Qianhu into consideration.
If we meet each other backwards, there will definitely be miraculous results..."
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Li Shijie couldn't help but look happy, thinking that Zhao Junchen wanted to support him.
Ever since Liaodong Town followed Zhao Junchen's advice and decided to change the status quo of Liaodong's salary, Zhao Junchen has had a considerable say in Liaodong Town's affairs. Li Shijie believed that if he had Zhao Junchen's support, this matter would not matter.
It’s done!
But then, Zhao Junchen changed the subject, stared at Li Shijie and asked seriously: "But, Li Qianhu, you have to think about it...your apparent identity is just a Qianhu, if you pretend to join Shanhaiguan Wu
If you want to attract Wu Yingxiong’s attention, you must represent the general of the Li family... Do you really want to represent the general of the Li family and pretend to join the Wu family in Shanhaiguan?"
After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Li Shijie's expression suddenly changed slightly.
The Wu family of Shanhaiguan and the Li family of Liaodong were both the top general families in the northeastern border of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Li family has gradually declined in recent decades, they are not as prominent as the Wu family of Shanhaiguan, and they cannot stand on the stage directly like the Wu family of Shanhaiguan.
In power, but when it comes to the ancestors of the two families, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, the ancestors of the Wu family, were once just generals under the command of the Li family, so the Li family never considered themselves inferior to the Wu family.
But if Li Shijie pretends to join the Wu family in Shanhaiguan on behalf of the Li family, it would be tantamount to openly admitting that the Li family is inferior to the Wu family, which will inevitably have a very bad impact on the Li family.
For wealthy families like the Li family and the Wu family, face is the most important benefit. If you have face, you will have prestige. If you have prestige, you will have connections. If you have connections, you will have influence... On the contrary, if you lose face, you will lose your prestige.
It is equivalent to losing one's own connections and influence.
Thinking of this, Li Shijie suddenly sobered up a lot, and said with a slightly embarrassed smile: "I suddenly thought that I have had some grudges with Wu Shilin, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, twice during this period of time... Therefore, in order to be safe, I will not
Let’s compete for this job.”
After Zhao Junchen nodded lightly, he looked at Huang Shenming and asked: "General Huang Shen, your defense area is closest to Shanhaiguan. Of course, it allows you to understand the Wu family's situation better, but in turn, the Wu family also understands you better.
The situation, and the situation is urgent now, I will not beat around the bush! It is precisely because your West Road Defense Area is adjacent to Shanhaiguan, so your officers and soldiers have been most severely infiltrated by the Wu family!
Wu Yingxiong was able to lead his troops into Liaodong territory without warning this time, landing from your west defense zone, but you didn't notice anything unusual from the beginning to the end. This shows how serious the situation is! Under such circumstances, do you think you
Are you really capable of defrauding Wu Yingxiong’s trust?”
Huang Shenming looked a little embarrassed, but he still obeyed and said that he would not compete for this internal response task again.
Then, Zhao Junchen looked at Xu He again and asked: "General Xu He, if you pretend to defect to the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, it will cause turmoil in the minds of the troops in Liaodong Town. Not to mention, Wu Yingxiong saw that you have become the acting commander-in-chief.
After that, various unreasonable demands will inevitably be made to you based on your status as acting commander-in-chief. Will you agree to it then?
If you agree, as your acting commander-in-chief, these demands will inevitably seriously harm the interests of Liaodong Town, and will also make the pain of this pavilion outweigh the gains. If you don’t agree, how will you gain the trust of Wu Yingxiong?"
The question raised by Zhao Junchen was so practical that Xu He was immediately speechless.
In this way, in a few words, Zhao Junchen had successfully persuaded Li Shijie, Huang Shenming, and Xu He to retreat, leaving only Li Zehe and Gan Cheng to continue competing, which greatly resolved the stalemate and dispute.
Finally, Zhao Junchen's eyes turned to Li Zehe and Gan Cheng, with a trace of hesitation flashing across his expressions.
Just like the self-recommendations of these two people, Li Zehe is more witty and eloquent in comparison, while Gancheng is more sophisticated and has some old friendship with Wu Yingxiong. It can be said that each has its own advantages.
Under Zhao Junchen's gaze, both Li Zehe and Gan Cheng were a little nervous, but they did not dare to interrupt Zhao Junchen's thinking at will. They both waited silently for Zhao Junchen's decision.
Not a suggestion, but a decision!
In the eyes of Li Zehe and Gan Cheng, Zhao Junchen's attitude was the final decision in this dispute!
This is not only because after Liaodong Town agreed to Liaodong's salary reform, Zhao Junchen already has the power to interfere with Liaodong Town's future resource allocation, but also because after all the things that have happened in the past two days, Liaodong Town's generals have repeatedly
There were disputes and stalemates many times. In the end, Zhao Junchen took action to resolve these disputes and stalemates, and even came up with the final decision. Therefore, both Li Zehe and Gan Cheng had gradually become accustomed to it without knowing it.
Yu let Zhao Junchen make up his mind.
As Li Zehe and Gan Cheng waited nervously, Zhao Junchen finally expressed his decision.
"General Li Shen... let you take on the role of the internal coordinator of this cruel plot!"
After saying that, Li Zehe suddenly looked overjoyed, while Gan Cheng was a little dissatisfied.
In fact, not only Gan Cheng was a little unconvinced, but Li Shijie, Huang Shenming, Xu He and others were also still a little unwilling at this time.
After all, the time is still short, so Zhao Junchen can't say anything inside Liaodong Town like He Yu.
After Zhao Junchen saw the change in everyone's expressions, he further explained: "General Li Shen suffered an assassination a few days ago, and most of his soldiers were burned to death... This matter is just in line with what I have proposed.
The bitter plan!
The Wu family in Shanhaiguan did not know the details of the assassination, so when Li Shen pretended to defect to the Wu family, he could use this assassination to strengthen his persuasion, saying that he suffered the assassination because he wanted to defect to the Wu family.
The Wu family has attracted the hostility of all forces in Liaodong Town. It is precisely because of this assassination that General Li has determined his idea of seeking asylum from the Wu family... In this way, Wu Yingxiong can be slightly less defensive.
, the chance of success is greater.”
Later, Zhao Junchen also gave some compensation to several others and continued: "At the same time, this painful trick in this pavilion is not only to know ourselves and the enemy, and to mislead the other party, but also a means of delaying time!
The reason why this pavilion wants to delay time is because we have received intelligence that Wu Yingxiong led his army into Liaodong territory this time. There are not only 3,000 soldiers under his command, but 4,000! In addition to what we have so far,
In addition to the 3,000 Chinese armored cavalry and formation-breaking arrows that I saw, there was also a thousand-sized artillery rear army! But because Wu Yingxiong came all the way and marched too fast, he pulled with the thousand artillery rear troops.
Opened the distance!
In other words... the artillery rear army that Guan Ning Cavalry is most proud of has now lost the protection of friendly forces and is at its most vulnerable stage! If Liaodong Town can temporarily hold off Wu Yingxiong, divert Wu Yingxiong's attention, and take the opportunity to divide the troops
A surprise attack on the artillery rear troops stationed in the rear will definitely yield miraculous results! At that time, it will be easier to force Wu Yingxiong to give in."
Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, everyone's eyes in Liaodong Town lit up again!
The artillery rear army of Guan Ning's cavalry...this is a big piece of fat!
Once Liaodong Town successfully raids these artillery rear troops, they can harvest dozens of powerful artillery pieces!
At that time, even if some of these artillery pieces must be returned to the Wu family in order to avoid greater disputes, the remaining artillery pieces will be divided among themselves, which will still be a huge harvest for these frontier military attachés.
Later, Zhao Junchen said: "At the same time, the news of General He's murder must have spread. Civil officials from various places in Liaodong and wealthy families from all over the country must have received the news, and people's minds must have changed.
!If Liaodong Town wants to continue to control the situation in Liaodong in the future, it cannot do without the support of these civil servants and wealthy families! At this moment, these civil servants and representatives of wealthy families have followed Wu Yingxiong and Fang Zhenshan to arrive outside the camp.
Therefore, this cabinet believes that there needs to be someone specifically responsible for contacting these civil servants and wealthy families, stabilizing their emotions, winning over their positions, urging them to continue to support Liaodong Town, and preventing them from taking the opportunity to defect to the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, otherwise Liaodong Town will be in trouble in the future.
It is difficult to control the situation."
Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, everyone in Liaodong Town's eyes lit up again.
This task is not easy, but if done properly, it will undoubtedly greatly broaden and strengthen one's connections and influence in Liaodong.
In a way, Zhao Junchen's strongest ability is that he can always dig out more benefits from chaotic situations and distribute them.
Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants all recognized that following Zhao Junchen would make a living, and this was no lie.
Seeing that everyone in Liaodong Town was attracted by the other two tasks he proposed, and no longer harbored unwillingness and resentment, Zhao Junchen nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, the series of tasks and plans proposed by Zhao Junchen seemed to be wholeheartedly considered for Liaodong Town, but in fact Zhao Junchen still concealed his true intentions.
For example, the reason why Zhao Junchen chose Li Zehe to be the internal agent who pretended to defect to Wu Yingxiong in Liaodong Town was not because it was easier for Li Zehe to win Wu Yingxiong's trust, but because Zhao Junchen had already planted a chess piece next to Li Zehe and could forcibly control Li Zehe at any time.
, to prevent Li Zehe, a smart man, from turning against the enemy and suddenly switching from pretending to take refuge in Wu Yingxiong to sincerely taking refuge in Wu Yingxiong.
At the same time, the series of tasks and plans proposed by Zhao Junchen are only part of Zhao Junchen's subsequent overall plan.
And Zhao Junchen's real goal next is to rescue Ximen Sheng from Wu Yingxiong, and to make Ximen Sheng be grateful to him and put aside his old grudges!
Of course, Zhao Junchen would not inform everyone in Liaodong Town of these calculations.
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In this way, Zhao Junchen finally completely resolved the stalemate and controversy in Liaodong Town.
More distribution of benefits is always the best way to resolve conflicts.
The generals of Liaodong Town also quickly distributed the benefits discovered by Zhao Junchen.
Li Zehe was responsible for pretending to join Wu Yingxiong, knowing himself and the enemy, misleading the other party, and taking the opportunity to extract a benefit from Wu Yingxiong;
Gan Cheng and Huang Shenming were responsible for dividing their forces to raid the artillery rear of Guan Ning's cavalry. If a large number of artillery was captured, they would share it with everyone who saw it. However, Gan Cheng and Huang Shenming were personally responsible for the matter.
You can get more by moving your hands and feet;
Xu He and Li Shijie are responsible for contacting civil servants and wealthy families in various places in Liaodong. In addition to attracting these people to continue to support Liaodong Town, they can also take the opportunity to expand their connections and influence;
It can be said that everyone is happy.
By the time all these benefits were distributed, it was already a quarter of an hour later.
At this time, Wu Yingxiong could no longer wait patiently, and was about to lead his army to rush into the camp. Everyone in Liaodong Town finally came out of the camp together and showed up to welcome Wu Yingxiong's arrival. This was a dangerous situation that was avoided.
The two armies clashed.
As for Zhao Junchen, he did not show up directly to greet Wu Yingxiong, but only sent Li Chuanwen to represent him.
Zhao Junchen knew very well that on the surface he had no reason to stand firmly on the side of Liaodong Town and fully support Liaodong Town in resisting the annexation of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan. Therefore, in the eyes of the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, Zhao Junchen, a central official, could be won over.
Target.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Junchen naturally had to show off to Wu Yingxiong.