On the west bank of the Da Liao River, it is a dangerous county.

This place originally belonged to Liaodong County, and the origin of the name of the dangerous county is to rely on the water, and the other side of the Great Liao River is the territory of Goguryeo.

During the Later Yan period, Goguryeo took advantage of the Great War between Later Yan and the Central Plains to seize Liaodong County, which originally belonged to the backyard, with the Great Liao River as the boundary.

Today's King of Goguryeo is Gao Lian, he is known as the King of Longevity in the history books, born in 394 A.D., died in 491 A.D., lived nearly 100 years old, and the title of King of Longevity is well deserved.

Chang Kun walked into the county hall with a waist knife in his hand and hugged his fist to Zhao Junsheng, who was sitting on the lobby, and said: "General Qiyu, the Goguryeo army destroyed all the boats and bridges along the coast after crossing the river, and our army can only order people to rebuild bridges or build boats if they want to cross the river. ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Jia Zhou and said: "Father-in-law Jia, this general was edicted to conquer Yan State, Feng Hong, the king of Yan State, was actually robbed by the Goguryeo army, Goguryeo is despising and provoking my Great Wei, this general as the general of the expedition to the east, the military governor of Youliao must maintain the authority of the Great Wei, I intend to send an envoy to Pyongyang, the new capital of Goguryeo, to meet the King of Goguryeo Changshou, and ask him to hand over Feng Hong, his accompanying children, and the inner palace to my Great Wei for disposal, I don't know what you think?" ”

Jia Zhou was a little hesitant, his task was to urge Zhao Junsheng to lead the army to attack Yan State, if he provoked Goguryeo at this time, I am afraid that there might be extraneous branches, but Yan State was destroyed, but Feng Hong was not caught, but it was not considered to complete the task, let alone live, even if he got Feng Hong's corpse, he would have to deal with Zong Ai.

However, the most important thing is to occupy the entire territory of Yan Kingdom, and capturing Feng Hong is secondary. Thinking of this, Jia Zhou said to Zhao Junsheng: "Feng Hong's matter can be discussed from the long term, and the capture of the entire territory of Yan is the main task of this expedition. ”

Although Feng Hong fled and took away all the young men and women in Dragon City, most of the soldiers and horses, the old, weak, sick and disabled people stationed in Dragon City are still there, and now the main general guarding Dragon City is Yan Guo Shangshu Ling Guo Sheng, which is also the news that the scouts have sent back after investigation.

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Gonggong Jia doesn't have to worry, the capture of the Dragon City and the entire territory of the Yan Kingdom is not contradictory to asking the King of Goguryeo for Feng Hongyi and others, it can be carried out at the same time!" ”

Jia Zhou asked, "I don't know how the general intends to act?" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't talk to Jia Zhou in detail, and directly ordered: "Engage in Zhonglang Wang De!" ”

A civil official in his thirties stood up and promised: "The next official is here!" ”

"General Ben appointed you as a plenipotentiary envoy to Longcheng to meet Guo Sheng and persuade him to lead the army and people of Longcheng to submit to my Great Wei!"

"The subordinate obeys!" Wang De agreed.

Jia Zhou hurriedly said: "Wait, General Zhao, Guo Sheng still controls more than 10,000 Yan soldiers and horses, and you send a civilian official to persuade him to surrender?" Isn't that child's play? Wang Zhonglang can come back with his life? ”

Zhao Junsheng asked rhetorically: "Feng Hong, the king of Yan Kingdom, has trotted with his family, do the soldiers and civilians of Yan Kingdom still have the courage to resist my Youzhou army?" Guo Sheng now has no choice but to surrender to me, unless he wants to bring the people of Quanlong City to be buried with him, even if he is dead, he is afraid that he will not be able to bear this infamy, right? ”

"Well, needless to say, the matter of marching and fighting will have its own opinions!" Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and made a final decision, which made Jia Zhou not angry, and secretly scolded this Zhao Junsheng in his heart for being too arbitrary, and he must not take him as a prison soldier in his eyes.

Zhao Junsheng ordered again: "Don't drive Deng Tong, order you to go to Pyongyang with a delegation to see the king of Goguryeo, and ask him to hand over Feng Hong and his party to my Great Wei for disposal, if you don't hand over people, you will be an enemy of my Great Wei!" ”

"Yes, General!" Deng Tong agreed.

Jia Zhou asked again: "General Zhao, if the king of Goguryeo does not hand over people, what are you going to do?" ”

"Naturally, it is a crusade of recruits, this time my army is like a bamboo on the way to the expedition, and the cities encountered are all falling from the wind, there are not a few battles at all, and the two fights are also small fights, most of the soldiers have not seen blood in their swords and guns, how can this be made? If the king of Goguryeo is not interested, the general is about to sacrifice the sword and flag with the blood of Goguryeo's soldiers! ”

Jia Zhou hurriedly said: "General, no!" Now that we have not captured the entire territory of Yan Kingdom, it is really unwise to rashly set up such a strong enemy as Goguryeo, so it is better to solve Longcheng first, and then make a plan! ”

Mao Xiuzhi, an accompanying official, said: "Gonggong Jia, Yan and Goguryeo have long been united to be enemies of our Great Wei for many years, how can they establish such a strong enemy as Goguryeo?" Whether we fight or not, Goguryeo is the enemy of my Great Wei, and now it is just taking advantage of this matter to raise troops to crusade against Goguryeo! ”

"Not bad!" Li Yuande also stood up to express his support, and he said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, the main target of our army's battle this time is Yan State, and Goguryeo must also think so, so they must not have much defense against our army, if our army enters the territory of Goguryeo at this time, it will definitely be able to attack the city all the way to Pyongyang!" ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately ordered: "Li Yuande, this general ordered you to organize people to cut down trees to build boats and build bridges to prepare for the army to cross the river, and if you don't give Goguryeo a little color, how can Goguryeo know the strength of my Great Wei army?" ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order!" Li Yuande agreed and took the order.

After the discussion, Jia Zhou returned to his temporary residence worriedly.

"Overseer, drink tea!" A little eunuch quickly brought a cup of tea and put it on the high table.

"Hmm!" Jia Zhou sat next to him and picked up the teacup and drank it, but his mind was replaying the scene of the discussion just now, Zhao Junsheng was too arbitrary, he didn't care about him as a prison soldier at all, Zhao Junsheng didn't listen to his slightest suggestion as a prison soldier, what does this mean? It shows that he has no influence in this expedition to the east.

Now Zhao Junsheng ordered the construction of ships and bridges to prepare to cross the river to attack Goguryeo, and the situation has deviated from the predetermined assumption and trajectory.

Long before setting off from Pingcheng, Zong Ai secretly told him that once Zhao Junsheng defeated Yan Guo, he would let him send the news back to Pingcheng as quickly as possible, and at the same time divide and win over Zhao Junsheng's subordinates, as long as there is no unity within Youzhou, Zhao Junsheng will not be worried, if Zhao Junsheng runs Youzhou like an iron bucket, it will be troublesome, if he gains a firm foothold in Liaodong and refuses to move, the court will have more trouble.

Jia Zhou thought for a while, and immediately asked the little eunuch to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and he began to write hard, wrote a secret letter in one go, and then sent someone to Pingcheng overnight with an expedited eight hundred li.

Jia Zhou's move was targeted by the people sent by Guo Yi to monitor, and Guo Yi quickly reported to Zhao Junsheng after receiving the report.

"Do you know what he wrote in his letter?" Zhao Junsheng asked after listening to the report.

Guo Yi replied: "I don't know, there was a little eunuch and Jia Zhou in the room at that time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and instructed Guo Yi: "Tell Shanhaiguan and the towns along the way to Pingcheng in Youzhou to intercept Jia Zhou's messenger, and the general must know what is written in his secret letter, but he can't let the messenger know that the content of the secret letter has been leaked."

"Yes, General!"

Not long after Guo Yi reported the news to Zhao Junsheng, Jia Zhou went to visit several heavyweight commanders and accompanying officials overnight, including Mao Xiuzhi, Li Yuande and Deng Tong, and even sent people to chase after Zhonglang Wang De.

Jia Zhou didn't know at all that Zhao Junsheng had already sent someone to keep an eye on him, and his every move had already been watched by Zhao Junsheng.

In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Yi again reported to Zhao Junsheng that Jia Zhou had secretly visited the lieutenant generals and officials last night.

After listening to Guo Yi's report, Zhao Junsheng asked, "What do you think Jia Zhou's purpose is in doing this?" ”

Guo Yi said: "I don't know about the others, but Mao Xiuzhi has subordinates around him, when Jia Zhou went to see Mao Xiuzhi last night, the inside line was outside the room, and he heard what they said clearly, judging from the content of their conversation, it seems that there is nothing special, nothing more than some interesting things in the officialdom, but it is precisely because of this that his subordinates think that it is abnormal!" ”

"How?"

Guo Yi expressed his opinion: "General, do you think, if Jia Zhou wants to find someone to chat and relieve his boredom, just find one or two people, the night is long, even if you see each other late, you can sleep on your feet, why did you see a total of six or seven people?" The subordinates thought that Jia Zhou was getting closer to these generals and officials through small talk, and if there were more times and a long time, there would be people who would befriend him, and then he would be able to reveal his true purpose! ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin, thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think his real purpose is?" Is it to win over these generals and school officials to fight against the generals, and compete with the generals for the right to speak in the army? Or is there another purpose? ”

Guo Yi said: "General, the people's hearts are sinister, and the subordinates can only make the worst assumptions, Jia Zhou is dividing and winning over the generals and officials of the Youzhou Army in this way, so that they can separate from the general!" The general imagined, if these generals and officials were really co-opted by Jia Zhou, once the imperial court issued an edict to transfer the general out of Youzhou and let someone else replace him, wouldn't the general have worked in vain all these years? Will the general be edicted or not? If they did not obey the edict, these generals and officials who were co-opted by Jia Zhou were likely to turn against the general under his orders, or when the imperial court raised troops to attack, these people turned against the water at a critical moment, and the general's years of work would not have turned into a wasted water? ”

Based on Zhao Junsheng's insight and analysis, coupled with the vision of the strategist Dongfang Chen and others, they knew that the Northern Wei court was afraid that it would not last long, and the court was killed by Zong Ai, and the ministers and generals of the clan killed a large number of people, some talented people were slaughtered, and many of the Hu and Han ministers in the court were also eliminated by Zong Ai, the administrative ability of the imperial court was greatly reduced, corruption was rampant, and the operation of several generations of emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty was ruined by Zong Ai.

In the past, the administrative ability of the imperial court was strong, the government decrees were smooth, and the deterrent power of the imperial court was sufficient, and the local officials and town guards did not dare to slack off, and actively sent troops to suppress rebellions and uprisings, but in recent years, the loyalty of many local officials to the imperial court has been greatly reduced, and the deterrent power of the imperial court to the local area is far less than before, and chaos has arisen in the world.

It's time to plan for his future, Zhao Junsheng said to himself in his heart, he told Guo Yi: "Increase the internal monitoring of Youzhou, I will know what Jia Zhou said when he goes to see those generals and officials next!" ”

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