In order to prevent arousing the vigilance of Nanyang's secret agents, Luo Xiancheng went to Fancheng, and did not choose another place for his trip, but lived in the inner house of Chen Ji, the guard of Fancheng, with Nahe Azig, the secret envoy of Yan Hu, and Hu Zongguo, the envoy of the luxury family.

In the middle of the night, Luo Xiancheng couldn't sleep, sat up in his clothes, called Wei Zhang, who lived in the side courtyard, and asked him: "A few days ago, Wang Xiang wrote a letter saying many things, but he didn't say a word about Touyan, what do you think Wang Xiang means?" ”

Wei Zhang sighed secretly in his heart, although Luo Xiancheng kicked Wang Xiang to Chai Shan, in the end, he still only paid attention to Wang Xiang's opinion in judging the general trend. is also Luo Xiancheng's staff and adviser, how can Wei Zhang feel comfortable in his heart.

However, no matter how uncomfortable he was, Wei Zhang's face did not show it, and he figured out Luo's thoughts, and said: "Lord Wang strongly opposed King Luo's defection to the Yan Court before, and even did not hesitate to fight with General Zhong in the palace, and his face was red, and his mouth was rude, and finally he stubbornly left Suizhou and went to Chaishan. At this time, the Yan army's troops were about to sweep Nanyang, and it was impossible for Nanyang and Huaixi to resist, and Huaidong's reinforcements in Luzhou were difficult to suddenly become large-scale - the current situation was as crude as I could see it, how could Lord Wang not understand it. However, Lord Wang is also a high-minded and arrogant person, even if he understands it in his heart, he can't erase his face and admit it for a while. ”

"It's true, who hasn't looked away, and I can laugh at him about it?" Luo Xiancheng sighed lightly, "If he wants to be able to recognize the general trend, the political affairs of Suizhou will always depend on him." Even if he has a grudge in his heart and doesn't want to follow me in the future, Yan Ting can give him wealth and wealth. You go to Chai Mountain again, tell him what it means, and ask me to let him come back to Suizhou, and there is nothing to be aggressive with Zhong Rong! ”

Wei Zhang was jealous, but he didn't expect Luo Xiancheng to be so dependent on the king.

Luo Xiancheng has already made up his mind to use troops against Xinyang, and the more Luo Xiancheng makes up his mind to use troops against Xinyang, the more he feels that Wang Xiang is indispensable.

In battle, maybe Zhong Rong and other generals have enough martial arts, but the arrangement of grain and straw, as well as the depth of sending troops to Xinyang, must be a strategist like Wang Xiang to make people rely on it.

Although Chen Zhihu advanced to Xinyang from the north and attracted the main force of Huaixi soldiers and horses on the north bank of the Huai River, it was not ruled out that the elite of Huaidong would go out of Luzhou to aid Xinyang.

said that he only needed to be responsible for cutting off the channel for Luzhou to aid Nanyang, but the channel for Huaidong elite to aid Nanyang was so easy to cut off?

Luo Xiancheng's self-confidence is not weaker than Liu An'er when he was at his peak, but during the Huaisi War, Lin Lian's subordinates only had 30,000 elites, didn't he beat the elites of the Huaisi Army like dogs? Only Liu Miaozhen used almost double the superior force to fight a draw with the Huaidong Army in the end, and became famous all over the world.

Even if Huaidong could only draw 30,000 soldiers and horses to aid Nanyang in the end, Luo Xiancheng didn't want his own soldiers and horses to fight hard with 30,000 Huaidong elites.

In this case, Luo Xiancheng needs Wang Xiang to grasp the scale of advance and retreat for him, which Zhong Rong and Wei Zhang and others cannot replace Wang Xiang, in this regard, Luo Xiancheng will not unreservedly trust the luxury family and Beiyan.

Luo Xiancheng's idea in his heart is still to take advantage of the greatest advantage at the lowest cost.

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Wei Zhang left Fancheng in the early morning and traveled eastward, passing through Lishan (now Dawu County) to the southeast, and going deep into the hinterland of Huai Mountain.

Because Luo Xiancheng was in a hurry, Wei Zhang was jealous of Wang Xiangneng for giving Luo Xiancheng so much, and he didn't dare to delay on the road, and he rushed to Chai Mountain in two days, and the bone frame was almost upside down.

Chaishan originally belonged to Lishan County, located in the hinterland of Huaishan Mountain in the southeast of Lishan Mountain, in the early years, Chaishan Fort was stationed in the village to control bandits, and later set up the Chaishan Inspection Division.

In the hands of Luo Xiancheng, in order to strengthen the control of Huaishan, but also to leave a way back for himself in Huaishan, he was carved out of Lishan to set up a separate county.

There are two Huaishan remnants from the north and south to embrace Chaishan, the north mountain is also known as Daiyan Mountain, lies between Lishan and Chaishan two counties, although it is the remnant of Huaishan, but the mountains are even walled, more than 100 zhang above, make the road of Lishan to the southeast, are rugged and precipitous, it is difficult to walk very much.

The South Mountain to the south of Mt. Chai is the Hengqi Ridge, which isolates Mt. Chai from Macheng and Qichun in the south.

When Luo Xiancheng first occupied Suizhou, Wei Zhang was only a small official, and he went deep into Chaishan with Zhong Rong to conquer the cottage forces in order to strengthen his control over the hinterland of Huaishan.

At that time, the road from Reosan to Shibayama was still difficult to navigate.

Although the straight-line distance from Lishan to Shibayama is only 100 miles, the roads in and out of Shibayama at that time all follow the stream, and the dangerous path that only allows one or two people to pass along the mountain and the creek road turns and turns, and the total distance is more than 200 miles, and a large number of soldiers and horses are not allowed to pass through at all.

At the beginning, Zhong Rong led 6,000 soldiers and horses to pave roads and build bridges all the way, and it took more than a month to enter Chaishan, but it didn't take much effort to conquer the cottage forces near Chaishan.

This time, Wei Zhang went southeast from Lishan to enter Chaishan, which had been under the control of the Changle Army for more than three years, especially when Wang Xiang asked himself to leave Suizhou City, saying that he was running Chaishan for Luo Xiancheng, and wanted to leave a way for him to retreat in the hinterland of Huaishan.

Wang Xiang's rhetoric also catered to Luo Xiancheng's thoughts, so in the past year, Suizhou has invested a lot of resources in Chaishan, and Luo Xiancheng also gave Wang Xiang enough autonomy to appease Wang Xiang after being forced to leave Suizhou.

Although Wei Zhang said that he was in a hurry and the road was very bumpy, there was no danger from Lishan to Chai Mountain. All the way loess ramming road, take straight and truncated, or build a bridge in the river, or open up a mountain road, the original more than 200 miles of dangerous mountain road, forcibly shortened into only 100 miles of straight road.

In the past, it took two days to enter Chai Mountain from Lishan and travel by carriage, but this time Wei Zhang took a carriage to hurry up, and it was only half a day to set off from Lishan to Chai Mountain.

From this point of view alone, Wei Zhang also knew that he was too far away from Wang Xiang in governance, and thought that although Luo Xiancheng expelled Wang Xiang from Suizhou City, he also kept an eye on the changes in Chaishan.

Shibayama Castle is still very simple, surrounded by low earthen walls, and there is no moat-

At this time, a group of cavalry galloped from the direction of Chaishan City, Wei Zhang asked the accompanying coachman to stop his horse, and when this group of cavalry went closer, he saw that the leader was Zhou Bin, the captain of Chaishan.

Wei Zhang arched his hand towards Zhou Bin and asked, "General Zhou, I haven't seen you for many days, Wei Zhang came to see Lord Wang on the secret order of King Luo, can Lord Wang be in the city?" He only knew that Zhou Bin was born in a private place, and he was trusted by the king because he offered medicine to save Wang Xiang's young son, and now there are 3,000 soldiers and horses in Chaishan, all of whom are called Wang Xiang to be handed over to Zhou Bin to command.

Zhou Bin was blind, sitting on horseback, his face was as thin as a dead tree, but his hand holding the reins was as green as a sword, and his body was also strong and burly under his robe. His appearance is ugly, and his eyes are very sharp, so Wei Zhang doesn't like to look at him.

In those years, most of the people who trafficked in smuggled goods were martial artists. The generals of the Changle Army were either born as robbers or private tyrants, so it was not surprising that Wang Xiang used Zhou Bin as a general in Chaishan, but it was just a concern that Wang Xiang intended to cultivate forces loyal to him.

However, the city of Chai Shan is very simple, and Wang Xiang has spent most of his strength on building the passage between Chai Shan and Lishan this year, increasing the connection between Chai Mountain and the hinterland of Suizhou, which at least means that Wang Xiang does not have the ambition to stand on his own according to Chai Mountain, and uses Zhou Bin as a general to pour into a small section.

Seeing that Chaishan City was so simple, Wei Zhang thought to himself: No wonder King Luo still trusts Wang Xiang at this time, and hopes that Wang Xiang can return to him to advise him before making a big move.

Seeing that Luo Xiancheng also sent Shi Wei Zhang to see Wang Xiang in Chaishan at this time, Zhou Blind knew that Luo Xiancheng had made up his final decision, so he saluted Wei Zhang, and said: "Lord Wang got an epidemic a few days ago, and he was afraid of infecting others, so he lived alone in the mountain courtyard, and he was not in Chaishan City at this time. I haven't had time to tell Suizhou about this, but a few days ago, King Luo sent a secret letter, and Lord Wang guessed that King Luo would send someone to Chaishan in the near future, and asked Zhou to wait here. Lord Wei, please go back, don't delay the time for Chaishan......"

Wei Zhang was stunned, he didn't want the king to avoid it.

Wei Zhang wished that Wang Xiang and Luo Xiancheng would fall out, but at this time, he had to hold back, not to make himself too happy, and said to Zhou Bin: "Lord Wang can't not ask me to give it to King Luo without saying a word!" ”

Zhou Bin took out a letter from his arms and asked someone to take it to Wei Zhang: "Lord Wang's words are all in this letter." ”

Wei Zhang saw that the letter was sealed with fire paint, and it was directly given to Luo by Wang Xiang, and he was also afraid that he would miss Suizhou's big drama and dilute his future achievements, so he had no intention of delaying it for a moment in Chaishan.

Since Wang Xiang isolated himself from Luo Xiancheng, how could Wei Zhang be kind enough to persuade him?

Wei Zhang arched his hand towards Zhou Bin and said: "King Luo still values Lord Wang, and hopes that Lord Wang will return to Suizhou to preside over political affairs, but Lord Wang has made up his mind, and Wei Zhang can only tell the truth when he goes back." This is the same as General Zhou's farewell...... "The implication is that I don't want to delay in Chai Mountain for a moment."

"Lord Wei, please do it." Zhou Bin waved his hand and saw Wei Zhang off.

Watching Wei Zhang go west along Chaishui, the carriage was covered by the sparse forest, Zhou Bin instructed two scouts to follow him to confirm that Wei Zhang would not do anything halfway before leaving Chaishan, and he turned his horse's head and led dozens of horsemen behind him to Jinshui Village in the southeast.

In order to strengthen the blockade and control of Huaishan, Xinyang and Luzhou have strengthened their control and control over Huaishan close to their side through many methods, such as organizing and training village soldiers, small villages and large villages, Dazhai Tongxian County, and mountain people relocation.

Wang Xiang was in Chaishan, and naturally he also made use of this method openly, merging the village, opening the mountain, and building the road around the Chaishan City, removing and merging the small village in the deep mountains, and building the passage between the Dazhai and the Chaishan City, and actually extending the passage to the southeast to the deep belly of the Huaishan Mountain along the valley between the Daiyan Mountain and the Hengqi Mountains.

In the name of preventing the infiltration of scouts in Xinyang and Luzhou, a large number of elite players were also dispatched to completely block the paths into the mountains taken by some mountain medicine farmers.

Jinshuizhai is more than 70 miles in the hinterland of Huai Mountain in the southeast of Chaishan City, sandwiched in the depths of Daiyan Mountain and Hengqi Ridge, and then to the southeast is the main vein of Huai Mountain, the peaks and ridges are towering up to seven or eight hundred zhang, and between the peaks and ridges are also deep streams and ravines, cliffs and steep walls, and people are inaccessible.

After Wang Xiang took charge of Chai Mountain, he took Jinshui Village as the boundary, and all the mountain people in the deep mountains in the east moved out, and the residents in the Shanshui Village also moved out of the mountains completely. More than 300 people in Jinshui Village are garrisons, and the deep valley in the southeast of Jinshui Village is actually completely blocked inside, so that outsiders cannot see a little bit of reality and reality.

Zhou Bin rushed to Jinshui Village before nightfall and went into the village to see Wang Xiang.

When Wang Xiang saw Zhou Bin coming over, he didn't say anything, but Tang Xitai next to him asked, "Wei Zhang sent it back?" ”

Tang Xitai accompanied Yue Lengqiu to Yuzhang to see Lin Tie some time ago, Yue Lengqiu never imagined that Tang Xitai would appear in the deep belly of Huaishan at this time, and he would stand with Wang Xiang.

Zhou Bin nodded, smiled, and said: "Luo Xiancheng is determined to use troops against Xinyang, Yan Hu made him the king of Xiangyang, and the chips are not low." ”

Although Wang Xiang asked to leave Suizhou City, the relationship between Suizhou generals and Wang Xiang did not deteriorate. In addition, Huaidong also deployed many eyeliners in Suizhou, Xiangyang, and Fancheng, and before Wei Zhang entered Chaishan, Luo Xiancheng went to Fancheng to meet with Yan Hu's secret envoy to discuss the news of the joint army, and Wang Xiang, Zhou Bin, and Tang Xitai already knew about it a day earlier.

Wang Xiang sighed lightly: "King Luo stepped out this time, and he couldn't turn back." ”