"Wang Ke, the governor of Hezhong, please see the prince-consort!"

Seeing Liu Kui, who was younger than him in front of him, Wang Ke couldn't help but be surprised, but he did not forget the basic etiquette.

Both the general of the Shence Army, Li Maozhen stood at the position half a step further than Liu Kui, which shows who the leader of the imperial army was this time.

To be honest, Wang Ke was also a little envious. The other party just got his current status because he married the elder sister, and he was so angry that he was so angry that he was so difficult to be a governor. The old ministers were dissatisfied, and the elders jumped out to oppose him.

"Please get up. Before coming, Your Majesty asked me to treat Wang Jiedu very well, so Wang Jiedu is not so polite." Liu Kui quickly supported the other party's hands and said politely.

"I should thank Your Majesty for yourselves and for the court. If it weren't for the court's assistance, Wang might have become a prisoner at this time.

However, Wang still had something to worry about and wanted to inform the prince-consort."

"Please say it by Wang Jiedu!"

"The uncle has a close relationship with Li Keyong, the governor of Hedong. If he asks Li Keyong for help, Wang is worried that Li Keyong will send troops to reinforce..."

Wang Ke wanted to continue talking, but was interrupted by Liu Kui with a smile, "Director Wang is not worried. While the Shence Army rushed to the river, Zhao Xiong, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, had led the Zuo Yulin Army to cross the Yellow River. Compared to this time, he should have taken Cizhou.

Unless Li Keyong really wants to rebel, the 80,000 imperial guards are enough to shock Li Keyong."

When Wang Ke heard that Zuo Yulin's army also crossed the Yellow River, he was not only not happy, but was even more worried.

The imperial court dispatched 80,000 imperial guards, with a clear intention, that is, to completely put Hezhong into the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

At this time, he had less than 10,000 troops in his hands. Facing the 80,000 imperial army armed to the teeth, he could not even raise the courage to take action.

Although most of the Shence Army are cleaning the battlefield nowadays, the defense of the city has been taken over by the Shence Army, and his army is placed outside the city to cooperate with the Shence Army outside the city to clean the battlefield.

Although the court has not stated that it will take action, it will be a matter of time sooner or later.

Seeing Wang Ke in a daze, Liu Kui couldn't help but ask, "Why is Duke Wang frowning? Are you still worried?"

Wang Ke immediately came to his senses and said quickly, "What the prince consort said is that Li Keyong has never had any respect for the court, and Wang is really worried about the other party's mischievous behavior."

"Mr. Wang is too worried, Li Keyong is not that courage yet." Liu Kui laughed and comforted Wang Ke.

With Li Hanzhi and Wang Chongying's coalition retreated, Wang Ke held a banquet at the Jiedushi's Mansion and invited the generals of the Shence Army who were left in the city.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Ke also tested the attitude of the court. After the banquet, he was in a daze in the study.

After a long time, Wang Ke raised his head and looked at his father and his aide in front of him. He couldn't help but laugh at himself, "Sir, shouldn't I do this? Even if my uncle occupied the river, the river was still the river of our Wang family. But now when the imperial army comes, why do I feel that this river no longer belongs to my Wang family?"

The staff hesitated for a while, and finally chose to answer truthfully, "In fact, the young marshal doesn't have to do this. Even if the young marshal does not ask the court to send troops, the court will not miss this opportunity, unless the young marshal takes the initiative to give up the river from the beginning.

The old coach once followed Li Keyong to attack His Majesty today. No matter how generous His Majesty is, the ministers below will not give up.

Now that the court is becoming more and more powerful, it is inevitable to seize the river. It would be fine if the old coach is there, but if the old coach is not there, it is destined to fall into chaos in the river.

Did the young marshal forget why Chang Xingru was appointed as the Shanzhou defensive envoy by the court when he fled to Shanzhou? Is it just because he murdered the old marshal and presented Yang Fugong's head?

From the beginning, this was the conspiracy of the court. The subordinates suspected that Chang Xingru was planning to murder the old coach, and it was very likely that it was the planner of the Jinyiwei."

"That hateful Changxing Confucian, the hateful Jinyiwei, and the hateful..."

Wang Ke originally wanted to scold the court, but when he thought of his current situation, he swallowed the words back, and could only secretly annoy in his heart. If he hadn't been obsessed with the ghosts at the time, he wouldn't have made such a fuss to this point.

"Sir, what should I do now? The imperial army is now stationed in Hezhong and will definitely not retreat easily. Can you help me? I will treat you with courtesy in the future!"

"The Young Marshal, the court is now in great power. If the court's policy in Shandong East Road, it will be difficult for the Young Marshal to master military and political power as before. He either leads the military governor or leads troops."

"I know this, but if you choose one of two, it will be removed by the court sooner or later."

"There is only one way to pretend to be a grandson!"

"Pretending to be a grandson?" Wang Ke was a little uncomfortable when he heard such rude words.

"Young Marshal should not think this is unpleasant. In the current situation, only the Young Marshal is low-key and don't touch the bottom line of the court. Perhaps the court will not take the lead in taking the initiative to the Young Marshal for the time being. After all, the enemy of the court in Hedong is Li Keyong, not the Young Marshal."

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"You said Wang Ke is still unaware of the current affairs? Still thinking about being a fence-riding party?"

When Liu Kui, who was wiping the sword, stopped his movements and looked at the other party seriously after hearing the report from the person in front of him.

"Reporting to the prince-consort, it's true. After the banquet, Wang Ke called the villain to the study and asked how to help him drive away the imperial army."

If Wang Ke was here, he would have found that the respectful person in front of Liu Kui was his confidant aide, but he did not expect that this aide had been instigated by the Jinyiwei long ago and became the secret son of the Jinyiwei who was placed beside Wang Chongrong and Wang Ke.

"Mr. Concubine, should I lead my troops to capture Wang Ke immediately, and then escort him to Chang'an to apologize to His Majesty?" Li Maozhen, who was standing beside him, couldn't wait.

Liu Kui shook his head, "Before he came, Your Majesty once said, don't touch Wang Ke for the time being. The enemy of the court was Li Keyong. Before pacifying Li Keyong, don't make any troubles.

As for Wang Ke, he slowly disintegrated his power and believed that his subordinates should know how to choose."

It is precisely because he does not want to force Wang Ke to rebel that his aides suggest that Wang Ke pretend to be a grandson, so that the court can slowly divide Wang Ke's strength through some personnel mobilization.

It’s like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly heating the water. When the frog reacts to the temperature of the water, it can no longer jump out of the pot.

Just when a big intrigue was being staged in Hezhong Mansion, Wang Chongying, who fled to Jiangzhou, could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

Thinking of leaving behind a 10,000 army in Jiangzhou before, Wang Chongying felt extremely clever.

I used to guard against Li Hanzhi, but I didn't use it, but instead saved his life.

If there were no 10,000 troops stationed in Jiangzhou, it would not be easy for Wang Chongying to survive the pursuit of thousands of imperial cavalry behind him.

To be honest, Jiang Xiong didn't expect that Wang Chongying was so thief, he actually left 10,000 troops to station in Jiangzhou. If it were just Wang Chongying's thousands of defeated soldiers, he might have taken the risk of siege, but now he is not sure that with the thousands of people in his hands, he is defending Jiangzhou City, which is more than 10,000 people in front of him, without siege equipment.

"Commander Fu, what can you do to conquer this Jiangzhou City?"

Looking at Fu Cunshen, who was named commander by His Majesty, Jiang Xiong was still a little dissatisfied and wanted to make things difficult for the other party.

Fu Cunshen naturally saw the harshness in Jiang Xiong's words, and was not surprised. This was expected. He looked at Jiangzhou City in front of him, thought for a while and said, "Commander Jiang, this day is not suitable for siege. But now Wang Chongying is like a frightened bird, and he is worried that our army will not stay in Jiangzhou too much when he arrives.

We can sneak attack after dark and maybe we can get unexpected gains.”

If it were other times, maybe Fu Cunshen's plan was pretty good. After all, when it was dark, the infantry behind them could keep up, and the chances of the sneak attack plan were very high.

But they forgot about Zuo Yulin Army, Jiang Xiong didn't know, and Fu Cunshen didn't know. Although the latter was the commander of the Zuo Yulin Army, he had never even been to the Zuo Yulin Army's garrison once, so naturally he didn't know the mobilization of Zuo Yulin Army.

Just as Wang Chongying fled to Jiangzhou, before he could recover, a bad news came from Cizhou.

A court army captured Cizhou yesterday, and the banner it raised was Zuo Yulin Army.

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Upon hearing this news, Wang Chongying was so scared that she was scattered on the spot.

Before this, he already knew that the court had dispatched the left and right Shen Ce army, and now Zuo Yulin's army also appeared in the river. Wouldn't it be that nearly 80,000 imperial guards crossed the Yellow River?

Cizhou is located west of Jinzhou's old nest, and at this time, there are only a few thousand elderly, weak, sick and disabled defending. If Zuo Yulin's army attacks Jinzhou at this time, wouldn't he have to explain here?

Thinking of this, Wang Chongying called his eldest son Wang Guan.

"Jun'er, the situation is now critical. If you want to reverse the crisis, you can only let you go and go to Taiyuan to ask for a visit to Li Keyong, the prince of Longxi, and ask him to send troops, and you will stay in Taiyuan Prefecture."

Wang Guan's face changed slightly, and he naturally knew what this meant, meaning that he would become a proton in exchange for Li Keyong's troops.

"Master-in-chief, let the child go." Wang Gong, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but stand up, wanting to replace the proton and go to Taiyuan Mansion by himself.

Wang Guan hesitated for a while and bit his lip, "Erlang, it's appropriate for me to go to this matter. Only in this way can the prince of Longxi believe in his father's sincerity."

Wang Guan's words were not wrong. Although anyone can be a proton, Wang Guan is undoubtedly more suitable as the eldest son. Everyone knows that the eldest son is actually the first heir.

"Master-in-chief, has it really reached this point?" Wang Gong was a little puzzled.

Wang Chongying nodded, "The news just came that the Zuo Yulin Army of the imperial court captured Cizhou."

Wang Guan and Wang Gong both knew what it meant to be captured in Cizhou, and it was no wonder that their father made such a decision. If Wang Guan had resentment before, but now he had disappeared, at this time, he had to sacrifice him in exchange for reinforcements.

Wang Guan was very fast, and he took hundreds of personal soldiers and rushed towards Taiyuan Prefecture that day, and Wang Chongying also retreated to Jinzhou in the night that night.

Jiang Xiong and Fu Cunshen still launched a sneak attack, but after defeating some of the defenders, they found that they had only captured an empty city. Wang Chongying's army had already evacuated Jiangzhou a few hours ago.
Chapter completed!