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

Jia Zhou asked, "I wonder what the general intends to do?"

Zhao Junsheng didn't go into details with Jia Zhou, and directly ordered: "Engage Zhonglang Wangde!"

A civil servant in his thirties stood up and clapped his hands and agreed: "The next official is here!"

"This general appointed you to be a special envoy to go to Longcheng to meet Guo Sheng and persuade him to lead the army and civilians of Longcheng to submit to our Great Wei!"

"I will follow orders!" Wang De agreed.

Jia Zhou hurriedly said: "Wait, General Zhao, Guo Sheng still controls more than 1 Yan troops. You send a civil servant to persuade him to surrender? Isn't this too childish? Why is Wang Zhonglang going?" Can you come back with your life?"

Zhao Junsheng asked back: "Feng Hong, the heavenly king of Yan Kingdom, has trotted away with his family. Do the people of Yan still have the courage to resist my Youzhou army? Guo Sheng has no choice but to surrender to me now, unless he wants to bring Quanlong City to the fore." The people are buried with him, even if he dies, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear the infamy?"

"Okay, needless to say, I will have my own opinion on the matter of marching and fighting!" Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and made a final decision. Put him in the eyes of the supervisor.

Zhao Junsheng also ordered: "Don't drive Deng Tong, I order you to go to Pyongyang with a mission to meet the King of Goguryeo, and ask him to hand over Feng Hong and his party to my Great Wei. 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 refuses to surrender, what do you plan to do?"

"Naturally, it's a crusade by recruits. This time our army went on a crusade, and the cities we encountered were all waiting for the wind to fall. We didn't fight a few battles at all. The two battles were small fights. Most of the soldiers didn't see their swords and guns. Blood, how can this be done? The sword must come back with blood when it is unsheathed, if the king of Goguryeo is ignorant, this general is about to sacrifice the blood of Goguryeo soldiers to the sword and flag!"

Jia Zhou hurriedly said: "No, general! Now that we have not conquered the entire territory of Yan, it is unwise to rashly set up a strong enemy like Goguryeo. Why don't we settle Longcheng first, and then make further calculations!"

Mao Xiuzhi, an accompanying official, said: "Grandpa Jia, Yan Guo and Goguryeo have been united against our Great Wei for many years. How can we establish such a powerful enemy as Goguryeo? Whether we fight or not, Goguryeo is our Great Wei The enemy, now is just taking advantage of this matter to launch an army to attack Goguryeo!"

"That's right!" Li Yuande also stood up to express his support. He said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, the main target of our army's battle this time is the country of Yan. 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, we will be able to attack the city all the way to the city of 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. If you don't give Goguryeo any color, how will Goguryeo know how powerful our soldiers are?"

"The next official takes the order!" Li Yuande agreed with his hands in his arms, and took the order and left.

After the discussion was over, Jia Zhou returned to his temporary residence worried.

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

"En!" Sitting next to him, Jia Zhou picked up the teacup and drank it, but he was replaying the scene of the discussion just now in his mind. Zhao Junsheng was too arbitrary, and he didn't care about him as the supervisor at all. Zhao Junsheng didn't listen to him at all. A little suggestion from the supervisor, what does this mean?It shows that he has no influence in this army to conquer the east.

Now Zhao Junsheng ordered to build ships and build bridges to cross the river to attack Goguryeo. The situation has deviated from the planned concept and track.

Long before departure from Pingcheng, Zong Ai told him in secret that once Zhao Junsheng conquered the Yan Kingdom, he must send the news back to Pingcheng as quickly as possible, and at the same time divide and woo Zhao Junsheng's subordinates. If the interior of Youzhou is not in harmony, Zhao Junsheng is nothing to worry about. If Zhao Junsheng is allowed to manage the interior of Youzhou like an iron bucket, it will be troublesome. trouble.

Jia Zhou thought about it for a while, and immediately asked the little eunuch to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He began to write a secret letter in one go, and then sent someone to rush it to Pingcheng overnight at [-] li.

This move of Jia Zhou was followed by the people sent by Guo Yi to monitor. After getting the report, Guo Yi quickly reported to Zhao Junsheng.

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

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

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and told Guo Yi: "Tell Shanhaiguan and the towns and gates along the way to Pingcheng in Youzhou to intercept Jia Zhou's messenger. This general wants to know what is written in his secret letter. However, the messenger cannot be allowed to know that the contents of the secret letter have been leaked.”

"Yes, General!"

Not long after Guo Yi reported the news to Zhao Junsheng, Jia Zhou visited several heavyweight commanders and accompanying officials overnight, including Mao Xiuzhi, Li Yuande and Biejia Dengtong, and even sent people to chase after him. Zhonglang Wangde.

Jia Zhou didn't know at all that Zhao Junsheng had sent someone to watch him, and Zhao Junsheng had been watching his every move.

The next afternoon, Guo Yi reported to Zhao Junsheng again 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 for doing this?"

Guo Yi said: "I don't know about the others, but there are people under Mao Xiuzhi's side. When Jia Zhou went to see Mao Xiuzhi last night, the insider was outside the room, and he heard what they said clearly. Look at the content of the conversation

, It seems that there is nothing special about it, it is nothing more than some interesting gossip in the officialdom, but it is precisely this that makes the subordinates think that it is not normal! "

"How to say?"

Guo Yi expressed his opinion: "General, think about it, if Jia Zhou wants to find someone to chat with and relieve boredom, he can just find one or two people. The night is long, and even if we meet each other late, we can still fall asleep. Why do we meet together?" Six or seven people? The subordinates thought that Jia Zhou was getting closer to these generals and school officials through small talk. The more times and the longer the time, some of these people would definitely make friends with him, and then he would His true purpose can now be revealed!"

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 this general, and compete with this general for the right to speak in the army? Or is there another purpose?"

Guo Yi said: "General, people's hearts are sinister, and the subordinates can only imagine the worst. Jia Zhou is using this method to divide and win over the generals and officials of the Youzhou Army, so that they will be alienated from the general! Just imagine, General, if these generals and officials really Once the imperial court issued an edict to transfer the general away from Youzhou and let others replace him, wouldn’t the general have been in vain all these years? Will the general obey the edict or not? If he does not obey the edict, he will be wooed by Jia Zhou These generals and school officials are likely to turn against the general under his orders, or when the imperial court raises troops to attack, these people will turn against the water at a critical moment, and the general's achievements for several years will not be turned into waste water?"

Based on the analysis of Zhao Junsheng's insights, coupled with the overall perspective of the counselor Dongfang Chen and others, they knew that the Northern Wei court might not last long. A large number of people, some talented people with lofty ideals were massacred, and many Hu and Han ministers in the imperial court were also eliminated by Zongai.

And in various places, peasant uprisings emerged one after another. In the past, the imperial court had strong administrative ability, smooth government orders, and sufficient deterrent force. Local officials and guarding generals did not dare to neglect and actively sent troops to suppress rebellions and uprisings. The loyalty of the imperial court has been greatly reduced, and the deterrent power of the imperial court to the localities is far less than before. Chaos has arisen in the world.

It's time to plan for his own future, Zhao Junsheng said to himself, and he told Guo Yi: "Intensify the monitoring of Youzhou's interior, I will know that Jia Zhou will go to see those generals and school officials next time. What did you say!"

Chapter 573 Persuade to surrender

Dragon City.

Two years ago, it was attacked by the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty for more than a month. Although it failed to break through the city, the city wall was damaged. After these two years, the city wall has been completely repaired.

But the news of the Youzhou army's massive invasion spread to Longcheng. The army and the people were united and planned to fight the Wei army again under the Longcheng city. Dragon City regarded it as his own home, and each of them was like a bandit. When they saw something they liked in the city, they took it away, and even emptied the treasury and armory.

The army and civilians in the city were very angry. The Shangshu ordered Guo Sheng to rush into the palace to complain to Feng Hong, but he was reprimanded by Feng Hong. Soon after, Feng Hong took his children, the inner palace, the young men and women of the whole city, and the guards in Goguryeo. Under the escort of the army, he escaped from Longcheng and headed towards Liaodong.

The king of heaven ran away, but left all the people under the command of the Youzhou army. How severe was this blow to the morale of the people of Yan?

The people of Yan State who were working in the fields outside the city were sweating profusely. Before Wei Jun came, they quickly harvested the wheat. All these wheat will be taken away by the Wei army, and even trampled into fertilizer by the army.

At this time, a flag appeared at the end of the road in the distance. Someone in the field stood up and wiped his sweat. When he saw the flag, he was shocked and shouted: "It's not good, Wei Jun is here, run!"

Everyone in the field stood up and looked towards the road. Sure enough, they saw a flag of Wei Jun moving slowly towards this side. Immediately, someone shouted: "Wei Jun killed it, run!"

The common people dropped their agricultural tools and ran away, not even the harvested ears of wheat. Although the ears of wheat are important, how can life be important?

The people working in the fields in all directions around Dragon City soon got the news, gathered towards Dragon City from all directions, and fled into the city.

The defenders of the Yan army on the city wall stood tall and could see far away, but when they saw countless people rushing towards the city gate, they had a premonition that the Wei army might be coming to kill them, and it didn't take long before they saw the banner of the Wei army.

"Quickly close the city gate!" The guard at the south gate ordered loudly.

The deputy general saw that there were still countless people outside the city who had not entered the city, and immediately objected: "No way, General, the people have not entered the city yet, wouldn't closing the city gate at this time make them wait to die?"

The guard was furious, and he drew his sword and pointed at the lieutenant general: "It's better to let them wait for death than to be attacked and slaughtered in Dragon City! What if there are Wei Jun soldiers and secret agents hiding among the fleeing people? They seized the city at the critical moment. Don’t the Wei army have been able to enter the city all the time? Stop talking nonsense and close the city gate, or this general will kill you!”

The deputy general had no choice but to ask the city gate guards to close the city gate and shut most of the people outside the city. The people were blocked outside the city crying and crying, it was so miserable!

Not long after, a Wei army appeared, but it seemed that there were not many soldiers and horses, only 16595 cavalry. The leading general held the banner of a general, and there was another man dressed as a civil servant and holding a scepter beside him. [-]

Seeing the soldiers and horses of the Wei army approaching slowly, all the civilians who were rejected were so frightened that they kowtowed to the soldiers of the Wei army and begged for mercy. There were tens of thousands of civilians in the dark area, and no one If you dare to escape without permission, you must know that the cavalry of the Wei army are very sharp in riding and shooting bows and horses.