royal robes

Chapter 621
Zhao Kuangyin was not very worried, it was impossible for Chai Rong to kill himself.But Zhao Kuangyin knew that Guo Wei still had a little more than two years to live, and Chai Rong would rule the world in the future. He had to get close to Chai Rong, so as to gain his trust, and then find a chance to seize his country.

If he had known about hurting Chai Rong back then, he would have been wary of himself, not to mention seizing Chai Rong's country and society, and he would not dare to appear in front of him in the future.So this shit pot can only be buckled on Zong Xin's head.Besides, I didn't know Chai Rong in the first place, and it wasn't Zong Xin who asked me to beat him, so this matter was originally Zong Xin's responsibility.

After packing up, the group turned back to Xuzhou City from Matou Mountain, and took in all the more than 1000 captives by the way, becoming soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.They also have no choice at all. If they don’t pledge allegiance to Guo Wei, they will end up as captives. The end of captives is to be sold to others as coolies or slaves. People are enemies, this kind of system Guo Wei just forbears.

Guo Wei truly loves the people like a son. Although these people are the Tang army, as long as they are willing to surrender, Guo Wei will immediately let them join the army and enjoy the same treatment as everyone else.

With Han Lingkun's method, any captive can enter the army very well, as long as these captives are placed in different camps, different brigades and small teams, after they are completely dispersed, each of these soldiers will be alone and helpless, and they don't know each other's details, so Nor will there be any discrimination.

Han Lingkun is very smart, and Guo Wei also thinks highly of him.Even Zhao Kuangyin admired Han Lingkun's talent, and felt that Zong Xin really had a vision, and a legalist heir would definitely be of great use in the military camp.It's just that the Legalists are a bit stubborn, and Zong Xin is a Buddhist. The two of them are completely different from the same school, but they can get along well...

Zong Xin deliberately led people back to Xuzhou by taking a long way. First, to delay time, so that Zhang Bo and Li Hongmao have enough time to report to Li Jing that they were ambushed, and second, to prevent Li Jing and Murong Yanchao from finding out. My own whereabouts, after all, there are only more than 3000 people, and there are more than 1000 prisoners who have just been recruited. If Murong Yanchao finds out and makes a surprise attack, this army will be over.

Zong Xin is bold and cautious at the same time.Of course, they will not cause troubles that they can avoid. Since it is such a critical moment, they must be more cautious, so as not to let Murong Yanchao see a way out in a dead end.Although Murong Yanchao never dared to go out of the city easily, because the Xuzhou West City not far away had been staring at him all the time, Zong Xin was not overly ostentatious as he sailed carefully.

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In the west city of Xuzhou, Zong Xin and his party entered from the north gate. Chai Rong and Fan Zhi had been waiting outside the city gate for a long time. I told Chai Rong, Fan Zhi and others about everything. After hearing the news, the entire Xuzhou West City didn't sleep for three days, and they were so excited that they almost rushed out to directly attack the city.

Of course, Chai Rong still has self-knowledge, he is not the opponent of Murong Yanchao and Li Jing, so before Zong Xin came, he would not send troops without authorization.It’s just that there are too many things that excite Chai Rong these days. He will soon see his adoptive father Guo Wei, his third brother Guo Xin, and his younger sister Ning An. These people are all his close relatives, and they will come soon In the west city of Xuzhou, Chai Rong could be so excited that he couldn't sleep for several days just because of this.

In addition, when Chai Rong knew that Weizhou had won a great victory, he could hardly believe his ears.How could it be possible to kill [-] people with [-] people without many casualties?Even if he killed Chai Rong himself, he would not believe this kind of thing, but the person who passed the order was Master Zong Xin's protector, and Chai Rong dared not believe it.

Chai Rong has not received this battle report, which is Zong Xin's intention. Don't tell Xu Zhou about this, let them keep vigilant, because Zong Xin is going to ambush, so Guo Wei did not send a battle report to Xu Zhou.But Kaifeng got the news a long time ago, and the whole week was full of joy. Too many people didn't expect that Guo Wei would survive and win a big victory. Now Song Yan is already the king, and he will resist the Northern Han Dynasty in the future. Offensive, the Song Clan will also grow stronger again, surpassing the Zhao Clan in momentum.

When welcoming Guo Wei and his party, all the soldiers and civilians in the city came.They kept shouting Long Live, and everyone was so excited. Although they knew that all of this was due to Master Zong Xin, this reputation was going to fall on Guo Wei's head. Xu Zhou, who was in despair, reached the peak of morale in an instant.

After Guo Wei accepted everyone's worship, he asked Han Lingkun to appease all the prisoners, assign them to different camps, and then took everyone to Fan Mansion first.Because the Fan Mansion is the largest and most luxurious house in the west city of Xuzhou, it was directly requisitioned as a residence.Of course, Guo Wei's so-called palace means that he can live in it, and all the treatment does not need to be top-notch.

When they came to the living room of Fan Mansion, Guo Wei sat in the main seat, Zong Xin sat in the second seat, and everyone else was seated according to their ranks. Everyone began to discuss what to do next.No one looked at Guo Wei. Although all the glory was taken over by him, everyone who understands knows that Zong Xin is still the one who makes the decision.

Zong Dao: "Then let me say a few words. We ambushed the troops taken away by Li Hongmao. There should be 8000 to [-] people. This is to remind Li Jing of how capable Zong Xin is. If he dares to If I stick to Xuzhou and support Murong Yanchao, I will not let him go. This is not the right time to start a war with Li Jing. After all, the Tang Dynasty is strong. Although Li Jing has no money, the kings of all walks of life are rich , if we attack Datang, these people will not give up easily for themselves, so it is not difficult for us to defeat Li Jing, but it is impossible to defeat the entire Datang. Li Jing himself knows this very well, so he His imperial power has been stabilized, he dare not fight with us, so he can only retreat to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, Murong Yanchao cannot retreat with Li Jing, and the two will soon turn against each other. With Datang's power and opportunities, we can easily win by surrounding Xuzhou City."

Zong Xin's plan is not complicated, the most important thing is whether Li Jing will leave Xuzhou or not.After all, he was an emperor, so he would flee back to Datang alone because he was afraid?But if you think about it carefully, the life and death of Xuzhou City had nothing to do with Li Jing. Even if Murong Yanchao was mutilated, Li Jing would not feel a bit of heartache. As for Xuzhou, which is not the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it is useless for Li Jing to acquire it .

This time Li Jing just borrowed soldiers to take advantage, but now that he didn't take advantage of it, he lost money and lost soldiers, Li Jing had long wanted to go back and take care of himself.What's more, now that Wu Yue is fighting, although Li Jing sent two princes, Li Hongji and Li Congjia, to meet the enemy, how could Li Jing be able to sit still?No wonder he didn't want to leave.

Guo Wei nodded and said: "Master Zong Xin is right, then we understand that we will send troops to Xuzhou City and set up camp at the west gate to prepare for the battle. This will also give Li Jing a room to escape."

"Your Majesty, this move is bad enough." Zong Xin wanted to do the same, and after saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled, with a tacit understanding.

Chai Rong curled his lips and said, "Father, it's not right. If we only want to beat Murong Yanchao's grandson, we should let Li Jing retreat first and then attack the city. If we suppress Xuzhou City, in case Li Jing dare not run away what to do?"

Zong Xin and Guo Wei looked at everyone. Judging from the expressions of these people, only two people understood their plan, one was Fan Zhi, and the other was Zhao Kuangyin.Fan Zhi is really capable, he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is very smart, so he figured it out... Zhao Kuangyin is a real slut, one can tell from his expression that he and Guo Wei are thinking of the same place.Being cheap is also a skill, and in Zong Xin's eyes, it is still a very great skill.

Zong Dao said, "Master Fan, you seem to understand it, please tell everyone."

Guo Wei stretched out his hand and said, "Yes, I think you understand it too, let's talk about it."

Fan Zhi didn't dare to move when Zong Xin was speaking, and Fan Zhi dared to show his intelligence only after Guo Wei agreed.After all, he has been an envoy of the Loyal Military Army for so many years. Fan Zhi has always had around two to three thousand troops, and there is no chance of improvement. Strength will definitely be reused.

Fan Zhi cupped his hands and said, "As ordered, His Majesty actually wants to give Li Jing a chance to withdraw. At this time, Murong Yanchao is a master of martial arts, he can threaten Li Jing's life at any time, and Li Jing doesn't even dare to run away. But fortunately, Li Jing has a general named Huangfu Jixun. With Huangfu Jixun's protection, Li Jing has no fear and dares to fight Murong Yanchao. Even so, Murong Yanchao's troops in Xuzhou City are stronger than Li Jing now. Jing, martial arts is not good enough to compete with troops. If Li Jing dares to withdraw his army, there is no guarantee that Murong Yanchao will not jump the wall in a hurry and fight Tang Jun in the city. So Li Jing still dare not withdraw because he is afraid of Murong Yanchao. Murong Yanchao didn't dare to do this. There is a large army outside the city gate. If we fight with the Tang army at this time, our army will take advantage of the situation to attack the city. At that time, no one can escape. He was able to leave Xuzhou from the east gate without any hesitation, Murong Yanchao could only grit his teeth, but he didn't dare to say anything else. This is the way to retreat, and the purpose of scaring the opponent is to make some people retreat."

This matter was not complicated at first, but after being explained by Fan Zhi, it felt a lot more complicated, but everyone understood it.If no troops were sent, Murong Yanchao would have the guts to fight Jing. At worst, he would kill Datang first, and when Guo Wei attacked the city, he could escape from other places.

But if he sent troops, he didn't dare to fight Tang Jun, he could only watch them leave.This is to give Li Jing a chance to escape, and at the same time cut off Murong Yanchao's retreat.

Chai Rong admired: "So that's what happened. Mr. Fan is really smart. But there is one thing I can't understand. Why did we let Li Jing live? We directly controlled the entire Xuzhou City, and then slowly attacked the city. City, wouldn’t it be better to kill two birds with one stone?”

(End of this chapter)