Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "So this is the reason why your king, the governor, came to me. Your ten thousand soldiers and horses are not enough to control the Central Plains, let alone you can't bring all these ten thousand soldiers and horses, at most
Five thousand, otherwise Jiangling may no longer be yours. With this small force, it is not bad to control the Central Plains and not be driven away by Zhu Xu. So, now you have taken a fancy to my 50,000 army here, and you want to use it to control the Central Plains.
This force is here to control the Central Plains for you, and more importantly, to deal with your second and more dangerous enemy, Tianshi Dao, right?"
The wrinkles on Wang Chen's face were dancing slightly, and he said with a smile: "Huan Shizi is really a sensible person. Liu Yu only wants to go to the Northern Expedition, so let's fulfill his wish. As long as he doesn't stay in Jiangnan and ruin our affairs."
That's fine, but Tianshi Dao, what they want is also what we want, and that is the supreme power of the Jin Dynasty. There is nothing negotiable about this, so I say that they are more dangerous enemies than Wang Gong.
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Huan Xuan sneered and said: "They are the enemies of your Wang family brothers, not my Huan Xuan. Sun Tai, the leader of Tianshi, competes with you for favor in front of King Kuaiji, but it has no impact on my Huan family. Maybe, they can help me."
To better control Jingzhou."
Wang Chen gritted his teeth: "I know that with my status, I can't convince you. I was able to come so quickly this time because a noble person convinced me. I think he can also convince you. Do you want to
Listen to what he said?"
A look of surprise flashed in Huan Xuan's eyes: "No wonder you came so quickly. I thought you wouldn't come in such a hurry based on the letter I asked Yin Zhongwen to write. You would have to linger for ten days anyway.
Half a month, and they will come with a large army. It turns out that someone convinced you, I am interested in seeing who has such ability."
Wang Chen smiled slightly, turned to face the door and shouted loudly: "You can come in!"
A man dressed as a guard walked in slowly. Huan Xuan stared at him until he walked into the door. Several doors suddenly closed in the wind, and several candlesticks in the governor's mansion were instantly lit, and the lights shook.
In the middle, the guard raised his hand and touched his face. His long hair was blown away by the wind, and Xie Daoyun's dignified, beautiful and incomparable face was displayed in front of Huan Xuan.
Huan Xuan's eyelids twitched, he stood up and saluted solemnly: "I've met Madam."
Xie Daoyun didn't return the greeting and just picked up a futon between Huan Xuan and Wang Chen and sat down. She looked at Huan Xuan calmly: "Are you surprised that I would still cooperate with you? Especially after what you have experienced on the grassland.
What happens after you want to kill me?"
Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "Madam is a peerless person in the world. Naturally, she should know that things change with time. Isn't it always the case in our aristocratic families? We join forces vertically and horizontally, and we live and die. But even if we were enemies yesterday, we can still sit down today.
When discussing new cooperation, if we remember the past grudges, then we don't have to live with them. Just like the lifelong grudge between my late father and my uncle, in the end, people died and the light was extinguished, and it was just like a passing cloud."
Xie Daoyun said coldly: "You said it very well. We must look back on this matter. To be honest, ten days ago, when Murong Yong just set out to cross the river, I had already arrived in Jiangling. I
After persuading Governor Wang, Liu Yu's action this time will trigger a major change in the power of the entire Central Plains. This change will far exceed the impact of your interception and killing of Fu Pi. This is also your opportunity to get what you want.
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Huan Xuan looked at Wang Chen: "So the condition for your cooperation is that I help you clean up the Tianshi Dao in the Central Plains, and then eliminate Wang Gong, and then you return to the government and leave the Yangzhou governor and Beifu army left behind by Wang Gong.
Xie family, right?"
Wang Chen nodded with satisfaction: "You are right. In this way, I will take over the power of the court, the Xie family will regain the Beifu army, and you will get Jingzhou, so I don't have to worry about you having a strong vassal army in your hands, and you will be able to do it."
After all, we all know the ambitions of you and your father about Wang Dun. But for the sake of the overall situation, we still have to cooperate with you, but this cooperation is not for you to eliminate us."
Huan Xuan turned to look at Xie Daoyun: "Wang Gong is also your ally, are you so eager to kill him?"
Xie Daoyun said calmly: "The Beifu Army was established by our Xie family. It was the hard work of Mr. Xianggong throughout his life. Originally, the mafia harmed our Xie family and forced us to hand over military power. At that time, Wang Gong was the only choice out of desperation. We
I hope he can help us protect the Beifu Army and return it to our Xie family when the time is right. After all, Wang Gong is not a general, and he looks down on those soldiers. I think he will be self-aware of this."
"But we all misjudged Wang Gong. His ambition was not commensurate with his ability. Even if he didn't know how to lead an army, he still wanted to use Liu Laozhi to recruit new troops and build up his own strength. What's more serious is that he actually wanted to
With the help of the newly recruited stragglers from the Beifu Army, he invaded Jiankang and killed the ministers. Humph, if he succeeded, wouldn't he be the second Dong Zhuo? Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, the friendship with the Wang family had to give way to state affairs.
Now, Wang Gong must hand over the military power of Beifu. This kind of thing can only be accomplished by the two of you working together."
Huan Xuan's eyes flashed coldly: "Madam, the strangest thing to me is, why did you come to me to do this instead of Liu Yu? He is very loyal to your Xie family, and he also rescued people on the grassland.
I killed you, and I was the one who wanted to kill you at that time."
Xie Daoyun shook his head: "Liu Yu is too upright. He will not do any dark transactions or things that violate his moral principles. I can let him contribute to the country uprightly, but I cannot let him do it for the benefit of the Xie family.
Doing things that will damage the national strength of the Jin Dynasty and cause civil war. Therefore, for this kind of thing, I can only turn to you, Prince Huan, because you can negotiate deals with me, but Liu Yu cannot."
Huan Xuan sneered and said: "But in this deal, I think I am a little bit at a loss. Jingzhou is actually in my hands now. No matter whether the governor Wang gives me an official position or not, I can be the actual ruler, but I have to do it for yours."
If you are not careful, you will lose the foundation of Jingzhou and be doomed. What's more, Tianshi Dao has never offended me, and I don't want to compete with them for favor in front of anyone. Maybe, I can still
Winning them over to deal with my other enemies in the future, such as Liu Yu. Liu Yu will not attack the people. This is the strength of Tianshi Dao. On the battlefield, I really have no confidence that I can beat him.
, and his brothers who are like wolves and tigers."