After the Liangzhou War, the Xuzhou Army was the happiest. Whether it was the Tang Army, the Wei Army, or the Fu Army, they all participated in it, and there were disputes with each other. Now that the Xuzhou Army is fighting on both sides, it is natural to hope that one side can be stable.
It is naturally impossible to come down between Xu and Yang. Then, the land of Yanzhou is where their hope lies.
Sure enough, after the battle of Liangzhou Prefecture, the Wei Army, the Tang Army and the Fu Army suddenly became conflicted with each other and started fighting with each other. Naturally, the Xuzhou Army hoped that they would fight as hard as possible, so they also honestly reduced their defense lines and gave them a
I am a member of the Yanzhou Prefecture Army. I am very honest and you want to continue fighting.
But now, after the news of the peace talks between the Tang army and the deputy general came, the Xuzhou army who stayed in Yanzhou City, both openly and secretly, were no longer stable.
Li Fangzong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Army and a member of the Li Chi tribe, was quite talented. He was specially sent to Yanzhou City by Li Chi, otherwise the two armies would be at war. In Li Chi's original plan, both the Fu army and the Xuzhou army suffered heavy losses in the battle years ago.
The Tang army benefited, and the Wei army benefited the most. The benefits gained by the Tang army and the Wei army were all from the Zhifu army. In this case, why don't the two disadvantaged forces join forces to fight against the enemy? At the very least, there should be a truce.
But as direct conflicts broke out within the Liangzhou Prefecture between the Wei Army, the Tang Army, and the Fu Army, Li Fangzong had no chance to hold talks with the busy Xu Jie. Li Fangzong even hoped that the Fu Army would show up again after they could no longer withstand the pressure. In this way
, you can earn more benefits.
Accompanying Li Fangzong were two other members of the Li clan, Li Fanglin and Li Fangyu, who were of the same generation as Li Fangzong, so to speak, they were clan brothers. Li Fangzong was in charge of public affairs, while the two were responsible for gathering intelligence in the dark.
"Fang Lin, has the news been confirmed? Also, have you found out where the Tang Army envoy stayed?" In an ordinary room, three people were sitting on both sides of the table with serious expressions.
Li Fanglin looks very ordinary. He is definitely the one who will not be noticed when standing in the crowd. He is not tall, but if you pay a little attention, you will find that this person has extremely sharp eyes. Sitting with Li Fanglin, a slightly taller man, naturally
It’s Li Fangyu.
Li Fanglin nodded and said: "The news came from Shi Fengziming, the governor of the governor's office, and it was a clear announcement. This can be said to be an official document, and generally cannot be faked. In addition, as far as our people know, the news
also passed to
There is a guard army, and there is also a Xiaoguo Army official who is staying in Yanzhou City and is responsible for the salt trade. As for the envoys of the Tang Army, we have not yet learned about the envoys in the dark, but the ones on the surface have been confirmed. The heroes are in the east of the city.
Stay in the building."
"Brother, what should we do now? Should we become the envoys of the Tang army and let them and him completely collapse? Well, by the way, we can blame the government army and let them continue to fight. There is no possibility of peace talks." Li Fangyu
Said in a deep voice.
Li Fangzong shook his head and said: "No, neither Xu Jie nor Tang Xian are fools. Naturally, they will not believe that Xu Jie will send people to kill the envoy. Let alone the fact that the two armies are fighting and will not kill the envoy. The Tang army and
Xu Jie has not really started a large-scale war. If they do so, it will only let them know that there are other people who are sabotaging it, or that other forces do not want to see their peace talks."
"In that case, let's go to the Guards. The people who don't want to see the peace talks between the Fu Army and the Tang Army are the Guards besides me, the Xuzhou Army. If the Guards take action, they won't have any doubts anymore, right?
." Li Fangyu continued.
Li Fangzong secretly sighed. This Li Fangyu was good at carrying out assassinations and high and underground operations. But asking him to analyze intelligence and designate plans was still a bit inferior. However, who made him a member of the Li family? Xuzhou Army's main responsibilities are now
Most of the departments are members of the Li family, especially some of the secret departments, which are all members of Li Chi's clan. This was also the disadvantage of Li Chi's lack of talent when he started his business. Without strong outside talents, he could only rely on the clan.
"Compared with the Wei Army, our Xuzhou Army does not want them to negotiate peace. After the Wei Army suffers losses, they can leave. Their target is the Yanzhou Army, not the Tang Army, at least not in front of them. If the Fu Army and the Tang Army
After reaching an agreement, where should the Tang Army's southward expansion be? It can only be on our side of Xuzhou. In other words, we are naturally the ones who will suffer the most from this matter. As soon as we take action, the attention of the Tang Army and the Fu Army will turn to Xuzhou.
"Li Fangzong said in a low voice.
"So, not only can we not take action, but we must pray for the safety of the Tang Army envoy?" Li Fangyu said with an ugly face.
Li Fanglin said: "I think we don't need to be excited. Although our Xuzhou Army is at the greatest disadvantage in this matter. However, the Wei Army is definitely not willing to accept the stability of the northern front of the Fu Army. On the southern front, our Xuzhou Army has also stopped moving.
The pace on the southern front can be said to be worry-free. If there are no external enemies on the north and south sides, the government army will adjust its focus inward, and the pressure on the guard army will be great."
Li Fangzong took a deep breath and said: "In addition to what I said before, I am also worried about the Xiaoguo Army."
"Xiaoguo Army? Their current focus is on repairing and dredging the river, so they shouldn't be involved in this matter. Speaking of which, Zhao Xun is too arrogant, and he even wants to worry about the river. Doesn't he know that this
Repairing the river is not a simple matter." Li Fangyu said with a disdainful tone.
Li Fangzong shook his head and said: "No, you only saw the difficulty of repairing and dredging the river, but you didn't see the benefits. Nowadays, the southern part of Jizhou and Qingzhou have just been taken over by the Xiaoguo Army. Suddenly, the refugees caused by the war have
They are everywhere. If it is just a simple disaster relief, it is not the same as other things.
Forget it. It was this Xiaoguo Army that turned many extremely entangled refugees into laborers. Besides, repairing and dredging the river is not a matter of re-drilling the river. It is much simpler. Once this is completed, the northern river will be accessible.
Commerce and trade, as well as transporting troops, are unparalleled advantages."
"The river in the north leads directly to the Yellow River, and then goes south to Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou. If it is connected like this, the warships of the Xiaoguo Army can pass anywhere, and the army's logistics and supplies will be a breeze. In addition, the naval battle in the eastern sea area
Ships, one to the east and one to the west, form a pincer attack on the entire eastern land. In this way, will you still be small?
Look at this Xiaoguo Army? Why is everyone rushing to divide Yanzhou? Isn’t it to make themselves stronger while the Xiaoguo Army has no time to look south and reorganize the interior? There is King Qi’s army in the south, and Xiaoguo’s army in the north.
, one in the south and one in the north, the situation is not good for us in the middle." As he said that, Li Fangzong himself felt a little decadent.
"Okay then, I will make arrangements now and ask the brothers to take care of them honestly and not to act rashly." Li Fangyu said unwillingly.
Similar to Li Fangzong and others, Ding Qiang was also furious after hearing the news that the Tang Army's envoys had arrived in Yanzhou City and wanted to negotiate peace with the Fu army. He immediately issued an order and asked his subordinates to lead people to deal with the Tang Army's envoys, but was blocked by Ye Feiyu.
"General, doing this is exactly what Xu Jie wants to see." Ye Feiyu said lightly.
"General, whether Xu Jie really wants to negotiate peace with the Tang army or not, once the general takes action, the hatred between the Tang army and the Fu army will be transferred directly to the Tang army and the Wei army, and even the Wei army and the Wei army will be added.
The three parties are direct, and both sides have enmity with our guards. Once the Tang army and the government army on the northern line live in peace, and the Xuzhou army and the government army on the south line no longer fight, then the situation of our guards will be extremely bad.
"General, think twice!" Ye Feiyu continued.
Ding Qiang was not stupid either. After calming down his anger, he immediately understood.
"So, we still want to destroy the negotiations between the Tang Army and the Fu Army!" Ding Qiang said coldly.
Ye Feiyu said: "General, there is another party who also hopes that the peace talks will fail!"
Ding Qiang was startled and then said: "You mean the Xuzhou Army? That's right. If the Fu Army and the Tang Army live in peace, then the Xuzhou Army will be within the attack targets of the Tang Army and the Fu Army. In this way, Xuzhou will be in danger.
Ye Feiyu, what should we do?"
Ye Feiyu smiled and said: "We didn't do anything. Come to think of it, the officials of the Xuzhou Army stationed in the city are also waiting for our statement. They want to take advantage of us, how can they do such a good thing. Compared with us, the Xuzhou Army
Up, their situation is more dangerous. General, the Xuzhou Army is the same as us, but they don't want to take the lead and make a statement, they want us to be the vanguard."
Ding Qiang said in a deep voice: "In that case, let's see who can hold on longer. However, what if neither of us takes action? Should we sit back and watch their peace talks succeed?"
Ye Feiyu said: "General, peace talks cannot be solved in one go. You know, the Tang army killed many prisoners of the imperial army. Even if you want to find an excuse, it will take many negotiations. Besides, it doesn't matter.
If there are few interests and no proper division, there will be no agreement."
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"Master, Xu Jie has announced the news about the Tang Army's envoys. Now, the Tang Army's envoys stationed in this building have been moved to the post station not far from the Governor's Mansion." Wei Dong said softly.
Zhao Xun put down the military book in his hand and said: "How is the reaction from the outside world? This Tang army has a lot of hatred for the Fu army, and there is definitely no trace of abnormality."
Wei Dongdao: "Ordinary soldiers do not have any extreme reactions. According to the intelligence from the spies in the Fu army, it should be Xu Jie who focused the conflict on the Wei army. After all, in recent days, the Wei army and the Fu army have been
There were many fights in the city, both large and small. As for the people, although some people were dissatisfied, they also knew from the official notice that the government would compensate the families of those soldiers who died in the hands of the Tang army."
Zhao Xun sighed and said: "No wonder Xu Jie let his subordinates dare to confront the Guards a few days ago. It turns out that he had long had the idea of coexisting peacefully with the Tang Army. By the way, how are our people prepared?
Already?"
"Everything is ready! Want to take action against the Guards?"
Zhao Xun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, we are taking action against all forces! Take action and be careful. Remember, even the officials we have left in the city who are in charge of the salt trade have to take action. People from the Guards must
Just kill a few and seriously injure the rest of the forces."
"All actions planned simultaneously?"
"Well, let's do it at the same time. Let's mess up Yanzhou City first." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice.
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"Brother, the Guards have not taken any action. Tomorrow is the date for their peace talks. Should we just wait?" Li Fangyu said anxiously.
Li Fangzong sat quietly in a corner, frowning, as if he didn't hear what Li Fangyu said.
When Li Fangyu saw it, he immediately sighed anxiously. If Li Chi hadn't told him, Li Fangzong was in charge of everything in Yanzhou City, and he might have brought his people to do it for the envoy of the Tang Army at the post station.
"Fangyu, please be patient!" Li Fanglin looked at his restless cousin, frowned and said coldly. At this moment, how can being frizzy solve the problem?
"Guards... Guards... What a guard, they have the same intention as us! Things are going to be difficult!" Li Fangzong rubbed his brows and said with a frown.
Li Fanglin said suspiciously: "Brother, why don't we continue to delay with the guards? Although we are anxious, they are too."
Li Fangzong smiled bitterly and said: "It's the same, but we don't dare to bet!"
Li Fanglin was startled, yes, he didn't dare to bet. Ding Qiang is a general of the Wei Army. Even if the peace talks between the Fu army and the Tang army succeed, the most they can do is to divide the Yanzhou prefectures equally with the Fu army. However, the Xuzhou army can't do that. No one can
Can't figure out Tang
He has obvious plans to have peace talks with the Fu Army. To the north is the Xiaoguo Army and to the south is the Fu Army. If they want to expand, they can only go to Xuzhou in the southeast corner. Then, the Xuzhou Army will have another enemy, and it will also become enemies on all sides.
The state of being hostile.
In addition, Ding Qiang can make his own decisions, but they are just resident officials sent by the Xuzhou Army. They cannot afford the responsibility for peace talks between the Tang Army and the Fu Army.
"Then what should we do? Just sit here and wait?" Li Fangyu said anxiously.
"Brother, how about we join forces with the Guards?" Li Fanglin said in a deep voice.
Li Fangzong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What are we? In the eyes of the guards, we are rebels and rebels! Even if Ding Qiang wants to, he dare not join forces with us. Otherwise, his position as general will not be preserved!"
"This won't work, that won't work either... Sigh..." Li Fangyu became even more impatient after hearing this.
"Sir...Sir..." At this moment, anxious shouts came from outside the house,
Li Fangzong frowned slightly. Before he, Li Fanglin, and Li Fangyu entered the room to discuss things, they had already told them not to disturb them casually. Why would they do this again?
"What's going on? Didn't Brother tell me not to disturb you? Are you feeling itchy?" Before Li Fangzong could speak, Li Fangyu scolded her coldly.
The people outside the house said anxiously: "Sir, the three adults, it's not that the young ones don't know what you're telling me. It's... it's that something big happened outside, and it's related to us!"
Li Fangzong couldn't help but pause when he heard the anxious voice of the attendant outside the house, and said: "Come in!"
The door opened, and he said with a look of anxiety and panic: "Your Excellency, Mr. Li, Mr. Liu and more than ten officials were attacked in the east of the city! Most of the more than thirty guards accompanying them were killed."
"What?" Li Fangyu said angrily: "Who is it? Who is so bold?"
Li Fangzong asked anxiously: "Where are the people?"
"We're back. Five adults were killed and seven were seriously injured. They are being treated now!" the attendant said urgently.
"Come on, let's go down and take a look. I always feel that something has happened that we don't know about."
As soon as the three of them walked out of the front hall, there was a strong smell of blood, and there were stains of blood left by the wounded on the ground.
"Come here, let those who went out today with less serious injuries come over." Li Fangzong shouted urgently. What he needs most now is to know what happened before.
A moment later, a guard with white cloth wrapped around his arms and chest appeared in front of Sanri.
"Subordinate...Subordinate Wu Gang, I have met you, sir!"
"Wu Gang, what happened to you? Why were you attacked? Also, why did more than ten officials go out together?" Li Fangzong said gloomily.
Wu Gang said in a deep voice: "I don't know. I only know that Lord Shi Qing invited all of you to go out together. As for the reason, I don't know very well! When we walked to Xiyuan Street, we were stopped by a group of people trying to sell goods.
He was blocked by a carriage and subsequently assassinated. The opponent was extremely strong, and his subordinates
Because, they are not ordinary people, but army warriors, and they cooperate very well with each other. In addition, they also have crossbows. It was because of the appearance of crossbows that we suffered heavy losses. It was not until the shouts of the people around us that the generals patrolled
After the soldiers were recruited, these assassins left in an instant."
After a pause, Wu Gang continued: "Sir, one of my brothers, when he was about to die, took a hand crossbow from the assassin. According to reports... it was found that it was equipped with the Guards!"
Li Fangzong frowned even more. The officials under his command were sent after the year with Xu Jie's permission. Logically speaking, it would be better for the Wei army to take action. Now, the Wei army and himself are in the same situation.
On the same front, we will never attack ourselves again. In that case, we will attack the Guards
There is no benefit at all. But the assassins have the Guards' crossbows in their hands. Crossbows are not ordinary things. They are military items no matter where they are. The inspection is very strict. There are corresponding arrows on each crossbow.
Number. This thing is too lethal, and all forces are not allowed to escape.
More than ten officials were killed, and his mission in Yanzhou City could not be carried out at all. Each of these people had their own direction. Now they are all gone. Even if they find someone to take over, they will not be able to find them for a while.
Not to mention, even if you find someone, it will take some time to get familiar with the situation in Yanzhou City. But now, what Li Fangzong lacks is time.
"Where is Shi Qing? Where is he now? Find him immediately!" Li Fangzong said sternly. Perhaps, this Shi Qing is the insider inside.
"Sir, Master Shi Qing was killed on the spot where he was assassinated, and his body has been brought back." Wu Gang said in a low voice.
"Damn it!" Li Fangzong was stunned and said angrily.
"Brother, this should not have been done by the guards!" Li Fanglin said in a deep voice.
"I know that it was either the Guards or someone on the other side who we didn't know did it. But now, we don't know who did it. Originally, we were busy with the peace talks. Unexpectedly, all of a sudden,
It just makes our place a mess." Li Fangzong said bitterly.