Plan to cut off the nine states

Che Quanyi ran away. When he heard that Tie Yuan and Tang Weitian were coming to seek revenge, he stood up and ran without even trying to resist.

Most of the soldiers in the Shuwang Mansion and even the entire Jindu City were immigrants from Luozhou. They had always had a close relationship with Che Quanyi. However, after the accident, Che Quanyi's first thought was not to mobilize troops to save himself, but to suspect that the people of Luozhou had also betrayed him. He panicked and rode out of the city with only a few confidants to join the outside world's advent army...

Tie Yuan was also surprised, but he did not panic. The first thing he did was to reassign Tang Weitian to protect Xu Chu. "The city is in chaos and it is not safe everywhere. It is your only responsibility to guard Mr. Xu. You must stay with him."

"Stay with him." Tang Weitian said.

Tie Yuan was actually worried that Tang Weitian would kill indiscriminately. After sending him away, he immediately went to meet the generals in the city in person to express that his only enemy was Che Quanyi and he would never implicate others.

Although there were many generals in Luozhou, they were leaderless and had no hatred towards the Tie brothers, so they surrendered one after another. In just half a day, Tie Yuan had already controlled the entire city.

Xu Chu stayed in the palace and met the three daughters of King Yidu. They were all young, and the elder sister who married King Gan Zhao of Shu was less than 20 years old. In fact, she had been engaged before, and brought her two younger sisters to Jindu City to prepare for marriage, so she escaped the chaos in Dongdu, but the marriage was cancelled.

The two elder sisters were more calm and always concerned about the news outside the palace. The younger sister, Mrs. Tie Er, was more lively. When she was in Dongdu, she was the best friend of Zhang Shiqing, so she pestered Xu Chu to ask questions. When she heard about Zhang Shiqing's experience of escaping marriage, she was both relieved and jealous, and sighed: "She is still braver, I can't do it, I will marry honestly."

Tie Yuan left three generals and dozens of female soldiers to protect the three ladies and Xu Chu. Tang Weitian kept his promise and stayed by Xu Chu's side, rubbing the painful place from time to time, and occasionally glancing at the three "Zhang girls".

Madam Tie Er endured and endured, but finally couldn't endure it anymore, and said coldly: "Why do you always look at us like this? It's as if we are unforgivable. General Tie has told you that we are saving people."

"General Tie did say that, but I am so angry that I can't get rid of it." Tang Weitian also knew that "Zhang's daughter" was not at fault, but he couldn't change his impression.

Madam Tie Er smiled and shook her head, and said to her two sisters: "There are such people in the world who refuse to admit their mistakes."

The two sisters just laughed, Tang Weitian didn't laugh, and replied: "If I didn't admit my mistakes, I would have killed you all long ago."

Madam Tie Er's face sank, "You are just a small vanguard general, dare to disrespect us, do you still have the King of Shu and the two generals in your eyes?"

"Yes, in my eyes, and in my heart, so please be careful when you speak, Madam Tie Er."

"What's wrong with what I said?" Madam Tie Er slowly raised her eyebrows.

"What do you mean others are braver? Don't you want to marry General Tie Er?"

Mrs. Tie Er was so angry that she laughed, "I am the princess, and he is a rebellious commoner. We have never met before the wedding. Why should I happily marry him?"

Tang Weitian was stunned for a while, "I don't know, but since I am married, I should be wholehearted."

Mrs. Tie Er was even more angry. Mrs. Tie Da came over and said in a gentle voice: "If we are not wholehearted, why would we take the risk to rescue General Tie Da?"

"I am grateful for your rescue, but I don't want to hear bad words."

The Princess of Shu also came over and smiled: "General Tang only said good things in front of the lord, not bad words? Even if the bad words are true?"

Tang Weitian has a quick temper. After becoming a vanguard general, his temper became even more impatient. He often contradicted his superiors and stumped them all at once. , after a long pause, he said, "It's not the same thing... and the King of Shu just died, you shouldn't laugh."

The Princess of Shu didn't put away her smile, "You ministers can laugh, but I can't?"

Tang Weitian was speechless and turned to Xu Chu, "Sir, you tell me about them."

Xu Chu said, "The King of Shu was in trouble. Before someone succeeded to the throne, the Princess should be in charge. She is now the Lord of Yizhou, and I am a guest. You are a general of this state. You should treat the Princess the same as the King of Shu. You can't say anything."

Tang Weitian was stunned for a while and whispered, "Is there really such a rule?"

"Yeah."

Tang Weitian pointed to a small group of people in the corner, "What if the new King of Shu succeeds to the throne?"

"The Princess is the Queen Dowager. Although she is not the Lord of Yizhou, she has a higher status."

"She is not... my biological mother." Tang Weitian said in a lower voice.

Gan Zhao's original wife was an ordinary woman. At this time, she was holding a few children in a daze. Her face was pale. She turned a blind eye to the things around her and turned a deaf ear to what others said.

"The rule is this. The princess is the legal wife. No matter which son of the King of Shu succeeds to the throne, the princess must be respected as the Queen Mother and called 'mother'."

Tang Weitian frowned, obviously thinking that this rule was unreasonable, but since Xu Chu said it himself, he could not doubt it. After a long pause, he said, "It must be the rule set by the Zhang family themselves."

The Princess of Shu took her two sisters away. Although they were not born of the same mother, they grew up together and were very close.

Tang Weitian walked back and forth several times and whispered to Xu Chu, "I defected to the King of Shu, not them."

Xu Chu smiled, "Some things should not be thought too much, not to mention that the person you will follow in the future is General Tie."

Tang Weitian nodded, "Sir, do you also want to marry Zhang's daughter?"

"We have worshipped heaven and earth, but..."

"Alas, what's so good about Zhang's daughter that you all want to marry her?"

Xu Chu was unable to answer, and a soldier ran in and said loudly, "General Tie, please ask Mr. Xu to go to the front hall."

Mrs. Tie Er immediately asked: "How is it outside? Has General Tie Er been rescued?"

The soldier nodded and said: "I have been rescued and am entering the city."

"Amitabha." Mrs. Tie Er breathed a heavy sigh of relief and turned to her two sisters, as if she was about to cry.

Tang Weitian followed Xu Chu to the front hall and said outside the door: "Strange, I just said I didn't want to marry General Tie Er, and now I am like this. What do you mean?"

"Zhang's daughter... it will be bitter first and then sweet." Xu Chu said with a smile.

There were more than fifty generals gathered in the front hall, most of whom were residents of Luozhou. They were worried and wary of other generals, and only trusted Tie Yuan.

As soon as Xu Chu arrived, someone loudly announced: "General Tie Er is back!"

The generals of the Luo army became more and more nervous and stood together watching. Tie Yuan pretended not to see him at all, stood up and went out to greet him, saying loudly: "Where is the second brother?"

Tie Zhi led a group of people into the hall. The two brothers first held their heads and cried, then grabbed their arms and laughed. Tie Zhi said: "I have captured the chicken bus, let my brother do whatever I want."

Che Quanyi was right behind Tie Zhi, huddled in a ball, not daring to look at anyone.

Tie Yuan said sternly: "Che Quanyi, why have my brothers from the Tie family offended you so much that you insist on putting us to death?"

Che Quanyi knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Yes...it is the will of the King of Shu..."

Tie Ji turned around and said angrily: "The King of Shu treats my two brothers as close as one family. He promised me personally that he would release my brother when he saw him. What's more, he has been killed and left a will that my brother will assist the new king. How can you Refuse to obey?"

Che Quanyi kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Xu Chu stood aside and listened, nodding secretly. Tie Zhi had learned to use the "King of Shu's Edict" and had a bright future.

Tie Zhi said: "Brother, there is no need to talk nonsense with him, let me kill him with one knife."

Tie Yuan had other plans, "Che Quanyi, do you know your guilt?"

"I know my crime, please spare my life, General..." Che Quanyi begged.

Tie Yuan turned to the generals, not specifically facing a certain group, and said loudly: "God will not bless me, Yizhou, and the King of Shu will be in trouble, but God will not give up, and has arranged a way out for Yizhou. The King of Shu has a queen. , we should regard him as the new master, work together as one, recruit troops and accumulate food, and avenge the King of Shu!"

"Revenge!" the generals shouted in agreement.

Tie Yuan said many more words, the general idea of ​​which was to unite, and finally said: "Che Quanyi, it is indeed the king of Shu's order to imprison me. I don't blame you, I only ask you: Do you want to serve the son of the king of Shu as your master?" "

"I am a minister of the King of Shu in life, and I am a ghost of the King of Shu in death. There is no difference of heart." Che Quanyi replied hurriedly.

"In this case, I allow you to make meritorious deeds."

Che Quanyi was overjoyed and kowtowed to thank him, but Tie Zhi was not satisfied, "Brother..."

Tie Yuan said: "When Yizhou suffers such a great misfortune, the whole state should mourn, elect a new leader, and then guard the gates to prevent foreign enemies from entering. If you want revenge, go to King Ning. Don't kill each other."

His words were actually meant for the generals of Luozhou, and as expected, although Tie Zhi was still aggrieved, a large number of generals in the hall were secretly relieved.

Tie Yuan ordered the people to take the chariot down with Quan Zhi and issue orders to the generals, regardless of their status, only according to their positions.

All the generals were ordered to retire one by one, and when only a few people were left, Tie Yuan first handed over to Wang Dian: "I heard from Mr. Xu that the second brother's life was saved by General Wang. Tie is extremely grateful. , General Wang Haihan."

Xu Chu actually only said that Wang Dian had the intention to save people. Tie Yuan was grateful first and then asked for details.

Wang Dian immediately returned the salute, "General Tie saved my life in Hanzhou and never treated anyone else. I am helping General Tie just in case of repaying the great kindness."

Only then did Tie Zhi have the opportunity to tell the story of the counterattack against Xu Dashi, "It was only thanks to Mr. Wang's help that I was able to save my life. I also relied on Mr. Wang to appease the soldiers, and there was no chaos in the military camp outside the city."

Not long after the death of the King of Shu, the Tie brothers could not hold a banquet, so they invited Wang Dian out of the town camp and showed great trust.

Everyone had almost left, and only the Tie brothers, Xu Chu, and Tang Weitian were left. Tie Yuan raised his hands and said, "The situation is urgent. I didn't have time to ask for advice. I issued an order first. If there is anything wrong, Mr. Xu must point it out."

Xu Chu said: "General Yizhou has no worries. I just want to remind you that according to what Che Quanyi said, the envoy sent by King Ning is on the way and will arrive soon."

"Well, just ask them to bring a message back to Prince Ning." Tie Yuan said coldly.

Tie Zhi said: "The person in charge is King Ning, the person who executes it is Song Qizhu, and the person who takes action is Southern General Mao Yuanti."

"After all, we are a family, and we can just take revenge together." Tie Yuan said.

Xu Chu cupped his hands and said, "The king of Shu's son is young and has no uncle to look after him. I'm afraid he won't be able to control the soldiers and people of Yizhou."

"We brothers are his uncle and uncle." Tie Yuan said.

"Yizhou needs a strong King of Shu."

"I have always admired Mr. Xu, but please Mr. Xu never mention this matter again." Tie Yuan understood what Xu Chu meant and immediately refused.

Xu Chu could only say: "I am going to the Qinbei Jishi Military Camp. I wonder if General Tie can send someone to escort me."

"Of course, but from now on going north, Hanzhou and Qinzhou are both in the hands of the He Rong people, so it may not be easy to pass."

A day ago, Xu Chu would have taken the risk and went north alone, but his plan failed in Jindu City and he relied on luck to escape the siege. He was not so confident in his luck, so he said: "I was about to ask General Tie to take back Hanzhou." ”

Tie Yuan shook his head, "The Yizhou army has been newly defeated and is no longer able to go north. It also wants to avenge the King of Shu, so it will be even harder to divide the troops."

Xu Chu said: "It was actually my idea to kill the King of Shu."

The Tie brothers and Tang Weitian were shocked when they heard this.