Plan to cut off the nine states

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King Jingshi proved that he could also "obey the advice and follow the flow". After being persuaded by Xu Chu, he quickly summoned his subordinates and allowed them to ask for the title of king themselves.

"Qinzhou is the hometown of Lao Tzu, and it must be mine. Dongdu is the supreme place in the world. Your shameless lives cannot suppress it. Maitreya Buddha promised me this colorful world long ago, so Luozhou must also be mine. The rest You can pick any place you want, and whoever can grab it will be the king there. But no matter how far you go, you have to obey me. When I give the order, come here immediately. Whoever dares not to come, we will beat him together. !”

"Hit him together!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Also, from now on, you are not allowed to call me 'King of the World' or 'King of Xue'. They are not nice to hear. From now on, you can call me 'King of Ancestor' because I am higher than the king and stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand, Zu Wang is a good name." Everyone agreed.

"Please want to be king?"

Suddenly no one said anything.

Xue Liujia's face was filled with an expectant smile, waiting for everyone to rush to become the king, but the scene turned out to be deserted, as if he had not said anything.

The smile gradually disappeared, Xue Liujia was furious, and stood up and said: "Why, you don't want to be the king? Or are you too timid to expand your territory? Luan Laoqi, didn't you really want to be the king before? Give the king back "You're not happy yet. Why don't you speak up now that I've given you a chance?"

Luan Laoqi smiled bitterly and said: "Xue... Wang Zu, this... I only have so few people under my command, and they often don't have enough to eat with you. How can I dare to go to other places to become king alone? No, no, I will If you want to stay, it doesn’t matter whether you are a king or not. Only with a large number of people can you be safe.”

The Arrival Army didn't have too complicated rules yet. Everyone said what they had to say. After Luan Laoqi finished speaking, the scene where everyone said yes appeared again.

"We are all from Qinzhou. It feels far away to get here, but we want to go further? I won't go."

"That's right, I don't think we should be crowned king. Let's grab some food and return to Qinzhou as soon as possible. Winter is about to begin..."

Xue Liujia swung his stick, and everyone around him was prepared and retreated in unison, avoiding them all.

When no one was hit, Xue Liujia became even more angry. He cursed and swung his stick randomly, beating the leaders out and sitting in the room sulking.

Military advisor Huang Fujie sneaked into the door quietly. Xue Liujia saw it and was furious, "What are you doing sneakily? Are you a military advisor or a thief?"

Huangfu stepped forward quickly and said with a smile: "I am a military advisor and I am here to advise the king."

"Huh?" Xue Liujia gently raised the stick in his hand.

Huangfujie immediately changed his mind and said, "King Ancestor, I have a way to make everyone rush to apply for the title, and rush to expand the territory for King Zu and unify the world."

"Do you also agree to be crowned king?"

"I didn't understand it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that Lou Qi was right." Huangfujie insisted on using the surname Lou.

"Then you are really smarter than anyone else. Tell me what you have in mind."

"Someone has to take the lead and let everyone see the benefits, and then others will rush to apply for the seal."

"Bullshit, how can I not understand these simple truths? But who will take the lead? I thought Luan Laoqi would rush to become the king, but it turns out that even he is a coward, which is really disappointing. Alas, look around, It’s just that Ning Bao’er is a character, so he changed his name like me.”

"Wei Chen knows that there is someone who would definitely like to be granted the title."

"Who? You are a newcomer, how can you be more familiar with the brothers of the Advent Army than me?"

"Haha, I'd better not say anything, lest the ancestors think I have ulterior motives."

"Say it, say it immediately!" Xue Liujia raised the stick again.

"Father."

"Who is my father?" Xue Liujia was stunned.

"That's my father."

"Your father wants to be the king?" Xue Liujia was stunned again, "He is a defeated general. For your sake, I spared his life. Why should I let him be the king?"

Strictly speaking, Huangfukai was not a "defeated general". Huangfujie did not argue, but smiled and said: "My father is indeed a defeated general, and he is convinced by his ancestors, but he was also a shepherd in Jizhou and has been operating in Jizhou for many years. , If you are familiar with the local customs, even if you go back alone, you can immediately conquer Jizhou and make it available to the ancestors. "

"Then there's no need to make him king?"

"Actually, being crowned king is not beneficial to my father, but it has three benefits to my ancestor."

"Really? Come and listen."

"First, my father received the title of king as a general of the defeated army, which will definitely cause others to follow suit. Second, my father received the title of king of the incoming army, which is tantamount to openly opposing the imperial court. From now on, no matter where he goes, he will be the king. The king's subordinates have made a clean break with the Tiancheng Dynasty. Thirdly, Jizhou has been without a master for many days, and people are in a state of panic. No one but the king can suppress it."

"Well, these three points do make some sense. Let me think about it."

Huangfujie struck while the iron was hot, "The ancestors need to make a decision early. If I guess correctly, Bingzhou and the imperial court must have sent people to win over the soldiers of Jizhou. If the Jizhou Army takes a step late, it is likely to lose a large state."

Xue Liujia was still suspicious of Huangfu and his son, "Your father wants to be granted the title, what about you?"

"Of course I will stay with the ancestor and continue to be a military advisor." Huangfu bowed deeply.

Xue Liujia then turned from anger to joy, "This is right. No matter who is crowned king in the future, he will have to keep his wife and children."

At noon the next day, Xue Liujia and Ning Baoguan made an alliance by blood in the wilderness. At the alliance meeting, Xue Liujia once again issued the order to be crowned king. Huangfu came out of the crowd and asked for the title of "King of Yuyang", willing to be the king of the world. The army captured Jizhou, Hebei.

Huangfu Kai was old and a prisoner. Many people laughed at his words, but Xue Liujia took it seriously. With a serious expression, he ordered someone to break off a branch from a nearby tree, remove the branches, and chop it into a fresh log. Hold the stick with your left hand, and still hold the "Kill the Emperor and Destroy the Emperor Stick" tightly in your right hand. He said: "Buddha Maitreya gave me the magic stick. This stick will kill the emperor at the top and manage all living beings at the bottom. With a wave of the stick, the heaven and earth will be cleared, and the stick will be cleared again." Wave, the evil spirits are gone. With three waves of the magic stick, all beasts are subdued. With four waves of the magic stick, the enemies are restrained. With five waves of the magic stick, the world is unified. With six waves of the magic stick, the world is at peace. With seven waves of the magic stick, Maitreya comes to the world. , the world is the Buddha’s land.”

Xue Liujia recited a set of words, struck the fresh wooden stick three times with the "Emperor-killing Stick" to transfer the magic power, and then handed the wooden stick to Huangfu Kai, "I will call you the 'Yuyang King', Open up territories for me, recruit troops and food for me, always obey my orders, and always obey my orders. In the future, you will go to heaven with me to meet the Buddha."

Huangfu knelt down and received the stick. When he stood up again, he was already the Yuyang King of the World Army. However, he had no soldiers and horses for the time being. He was as bare as the wooden stick in his hand.

Ning Baoguan was present and saw it, but said nothing. Instead, he took the lead in congratulating King Yuyang.

Huangfu Kai indeed set an example. Several leaders asked for the title of king, but they were not in a hurry to "open up the territory and expand the territory." They all put forward a condition that they would not agree until they won another battle and obtained sufficient food and fodder. Leave the Advent Army.

In the face of a powerful enemy, Xue Liujia certainly did not want to weaken his troops, so he agreed and granted more than a dozen kings, almost completely dividing the world.

Huangfu was happy and anxious. Later that day, he left the camp with dozens of riders and found a way to Jizhou.

Huangfujie was sent to the gate of the camp. After returning, he became more respectful and flattering to Xue Liujia, completely gaining his trust.

Two days later, figuring that his father had gone far away and would never be caught up again, Huangfujie ran away alone overnight, leaving behind a letter, humbly claiming that the whole family were ministers of the coming king. Worried about his father's old age, he returned to Jizhou Later, he was deceived by a traitor, so he had to go back and lead his troops to meet the ancestor king as soon as possible, and so on.

After seeing the letter, Xue Liujia was furious and sent people to chase Huangfu and his son, and the order was also passed on to the Wu Yue army.

After Ning Baoguan saw the order, he just sneered and did not send anyone to pursue the fugitives. He handed the letter to King Liang and said: "The King of Jiushi is an old fool. He can't see through such an obvious trick of Huangfu and his son. It's okay, Huangfu and his son's occupation of Jizhou will at least distract the court. "

Ma Wei thought too much and secretly sent two groups of people. One group asked the World Army for details about Huangfu and his son's claim to the throne, and the other group went out of the big city on the south bank to intercept government official business everywhere.

On the morning when Xu Chu returned to Mengjin from Yingcheng, Ma Wei's spies finally intercepted a letter sent from Jizhou to Luoyang. The content was unclear, but at least one thing could be seen: as early as Huangfu and his son escaped, Before returning to Jizhou, the imperial court had sent envoys northward.

There is no doubt that the envoy wanted to win over the generals in Jizhou and add a new force to the imperial court. They would attack from the north and the south and wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop.

"The Shen family also sent people to Jizhou, right?" Ma Wei asked.

Xu Chu nodded, "The ones sent are Shen Cong and Guo Shifeng."

"Hey, when Shen Zhi sent his eldest son, he was very concerned about the Jizhou army. The more I think about it these days, the more I feel that Jizhou is the key. We are confronting the officers and soldiers here. Even if we win by luck, we can't stop the Jizhou soldiers. A blow from behind."

"With Guo Shifeng's help and Shen Bingzhou's promise, the generals in Jizhou should support the Shen family."

"It's hard to say whether Shen Zhi's promise can exceed that of the court? The generals in Jizhou value profits, and they will vote for whoever gives them more benefits. And -" Ma Wei held Xu Chu's arm and said eagerly: "Why Why can't we take Jizhou soldiers as our own? With such a force, peace in the world is just around the corner."

After just a few days of settling down with Ningbaoguan, Ma Wei's old habit relapsed, and he still wanted to win the world and restore his old career.

"Needless to say, the imperial court, Huangfu Kai is the old master of Jizhou, and Shen Bingzhou is the most powerful. These three families at least have their own promises. How does Brother Ma plan to win the trust of the soldiers of Jizhou?"

"I want to promise them the entire territory of Jizhou. The three families each have their own strengths, but one shortcoming is that they will never allow Jizhou to stand on its own. I can, as long as Jizhou is willing to serve me for a short time, I promise them a lifetime of benefits. ”

Xu Chu shook his head and said, "Such benefits can also be granted to the soldiers of Jizhou by the King of the World and the King of Wuyue."

"So I still need Brother Chu's sharp tongue to convince the generals of Jizhou for me. I understand that this matter is very difficult, but the benefits are self-evident. Again, Brother Chu really wants to be inferior to others for the rest of his life. Is it true? The soldiers of Jizhou hold the key to the world without knowing it. Whoever gets it will win the world! "

Xu Chu was still hesitating, and Ma Wei added: "Guo Shifeng is in Jizhou, which is even better. If I write a letter, he will definitely help you."

"Brother Ma, do you believe Guo Shifeng?"

"Haha, I believe in Brother Chu, and I understand Guo Shifeng. I have a way to make him switch to me."

Xu Chu sighed, "Okay, I'll go to Jizhou, but I can't guarantee success, and I can't guarantee that Jizhou soldiers will definitely defect to Brother Ma. I just want to defeat the court's lobbyists. Brother Ma, be careful in Mengjin."

"Youchu brother's words are enough."

Xu Chu thought that he should indeed go to Jizhou in order to "see is believing" and find out the thoughts of the Hebei generals. He also wanted to see if Ma Wei could make Guo Shifeng change his direction again.