Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 861 Conspiracy is on the rise
Chapter 867

Unless Yuan Zhen wanted to directly force against Zhu Teng and his son, he could only stand in a stalemate.Zhu Teng's actions were not slow, and then he sent his new belly to ask Huan Wen for help, declaring his allegiance to Huan Wen.

This was exactly when someone was offering a pillow while dozing off, and Huan Wen immediately agreed.Huan Wenchong was sent to take full charge of the matter.

Xi Chao mentioned that Huan Wen would use his tactics. While accepting Zhu Teng and his son, he sent troops to pretend to be Yuan Zhen's troops. In the secret stage, not many people know about it.Once things are done, regardless of success or failure, only Sima Dan and Ran Ming will be troubled, while Huan Wen can just sit back and watch.

Huan Wen is worthy of being a hero in the world, and after only thinking for a moment, he made up his mind. He ordered Xi Chao to be in charge of this person, and Huan Chong and Jingzhou were all the rear bases.

Huan Wen also understood that it was impossible for Wei and Jin to coexist, and Ran Ming had greater ambitions than Ran Min.When Ran Min's upper eye saw the land of the Central Plains, Ran Ming had already begun to deploy overseas. Ran Ming occupied most of Jiaozhou, conquered the countries in Funan, and Nanyang, which made Huan Wen extremely vigilant towards Ran Ming. The monarch who can see even the land has a lot of enthusiasm for the territory.If Ran Ming allowed Jin and Wei to divide and rule, Huan Wen wouldn't believe it even if he killed Huan Wen.

Once the Wei State stabilizes its interior and completes the preparations for war, I am afraid that it will be the same as when Jin defeated Soochow, and the world will be decided in one battle.His King of Shu will definitely do it too.Huan Wen would never allow this to happen.The only way is to make Wei Guo angry and raise troops. He did not make sufficient preparations. Raising troops in anger is a big taboo for military strategists.This may be the only best way for Huan Wenwen and Sima Dan to injure the Wei State and maintain this divided situation.

Huan Wen has not been idle in the past few years. In order to restrain the iron cavalry of Wei State, he tried every means. He bought war horses, armor and blades, and various supplies from Wei State at a high price, and almost put him down the Bashu Liaoren tribe. Seventy percent of the battle seized was spent.At the same time, in the battle to pacify the Liaoren tribe, the Shu army under Huan Wen also accumulated rich combat experience, especially in jungle and mountain combat, and also trained a large number of outstanding soldiers and generals.

In terms of weapon research and development, Huan Wen's department has successfully imitated the eight-ox crossbow, horizontal knife, and Mingguang armor, and the manufacture of gunpowder is becoming more and more proficient. If Huan Wen didn't know the method of refining nitrate soil by the native method, Huan Wen's firearms would definitely be able to be reused. More than three times.

What is even more miraculous is that Huan Wen actually made a string-type mine without driving through the golden finger.Although this kind of landmine is not used by individual soldiers, its size is extremely large, and its misfire rate is very high, it has created a new era of firearms after all.

Huan Chong and Xi Chao quietly went to Xiangyang in light clothes, preparing to create a border conflict in Xiangyang, which triggered the battle between Wei and Jin.The peaceful time between Wei and Jin has become less and less.

However, at this time, Ran Ming rectified the three organizations of "Heavenly Deaf and Mute", "Sky Eye" and "Tiger Organization". Although it is a good thing to adjust personnel and integrate and utilize resources, it was extremely chaotic at the first time of the rectification. , unable to perform as expected.Yecheng is better, and can be fully monitored, but it is a bit blank for Bashu, Jingxiang, and Jiankang.

The court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was different from that of the Wei State. At this time, even if the generals of the Wei State wanted to rebel, they would not be able to make any waves.Already when Ran Ming founded the bank, Ran Min saw the role of the bank in a country, so Ran Min adopted the method of cooperating with the bank, and the payment of all soldiers' military salaries was directly paid to the individual soldiers, and those generals at all levels were There is no chance to go up and down.Holds the financial power of the army, and has access to all things. Without money, it is difficult to move an inch.

A military leader with no money is at best a rogue. If he wants to achieve a hegemony, it is absolutely not delusional.But the Jin Dynasty was different. In fact, most of the military expenses of the Jin Dynasty were raised by the generals at all levels at the place where they were stationed. Although this greatly reduced the burden on the court, it formed a natural benign soil for the warlords.

The army of the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty was divided into two types, the central army guards and the central leader, with a total of more than 40 armored soldiers, and the others were all the troops of the capitals.Even the military power of the Central Army has long been held in the hands of the gentry. According to the statistics of relevant experts, a total of 37 generals served as the leading generals of the imperial army in the Jin Dynasty, of which [-] were from the gentry, and two (Sima Yu and Sima Xi) from the clan kings , there is one person from the Han family.The gentry accounted for [-] percent.A royal family can't even control the central army, so you can imagine how high his prestige will be.

As for the army in the governor's area, it is the general's personal soldiers.From the first general Wang Dun, to Xi Jian, Huan Wen, Xie Xuan, and Liu Yu, in fact, it was the feudal towns that controlled the military power.Therefore, the situation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was like this.Yuan Zhen was the prefect of Xinye at this time, and it was almost impossible to feed more than 6 soldiers and horses with only 6000 people in the five cities of Xinye County.However, except for a small amount of armor and money and food that Yuan Zhen could get from the imperial court, most of the rest came from the prestige of the Yuan family in Runan. In fact, Yuan Zhen spent his own money to support the imperial army.In this situation, it is strange that Yuan Zhen is willing to work wholeheartedly for the court.Yuan Zhen is a big soldier, and the generals below are like Zhu Teng and his son. The money and food that Yuan Zhen sent to Zhu Teng are not enough to feed more than [-] troops. Fortunately, the Zhu family in Peijun is also famous for being powerful, with money and food in their hands. And most of the soldiers in the army are Zhu Teng's village or relatives. Once Zhu Teng doesn't sell Yuan Zhen's face in such an army, Yuan Zhen has nothing to do.

In the original history, Yuan Zhen and Zhu Teng had a rift. As a result, Yuan Zhen preemptively deceived Zhu Teng and his eldest son Zhu Xian and his second son Zhu Bin, and killed Zhu Teng and his son under the pretext of having an affair with Huan Wen. He directly controlled the 11 troops of Zhu's father and son.This time it was different from the history, Zhu Teng was annoyed that Yuan Zhen didn't show affection, and really had an affair with Huan Wen.Zhu Teng and Yuan Zhen had a stalemate in Xinye for No. [-] days, and things finally turned around.

General Xinye Jianwei commanded the tent, and suddenly two distinguished guests came.Among them, one was about forty years old, with a strong body, and another young man who looked like a squire walked into the central tent.

Zhu Teng led the eldest son Zhu Xian, the second son Zhu Bin and all the nephews and generals to welcome the two distinguished guests.

"I don't know what to do!"

"Long Kang Huan Chong!"

"Gao Ping Xi Chao!"

"Ah!" Zhu Teng was so surprised that he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. With Zhu Teng's identity, he and his [-] troops were not enough to stand in front of Huan Wen. Even if Huan Wen accepted his surrender, he would only send one general at most. Zuo, it's great to send Deng Xia, Mao Husheng, and Zhou Fu, one of the three tigers of the Xifu Army, to Zhu Teng.However, Zhu Teng never expected that Huan Wen not only sent his confidant, Shu Wang Fu Shi and Shu State Minister Xi Chao, but also Huan Chong, Jingzhou Governor Zhenwei General Huan Chong.

Surprised for a moment, Zhu Teng came back to his senses under the reminder of his eldest son Zhu Xian, and a flattering smile appeared on Zhu Teng's face: "General Huan, Mr. Xi, please sit down!"

Huan Chong smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter if you sit up or down, it's just that General Zhu shouldn't disappoint Chong during this trip!"

"How dare you!" The smile on Zhu Teng's face was even more flattering at this time, and he said, "Teng Jiu heard about the two names of Gao, and seeing them today really deserves their reputation!"

Huan Chong was stunned and smiled slightly: "Everyone loves to hear good words, but Chong still likes to see the actual performance!"

The smile on Zhu Teng's face suddenly froze. Although he disliked Yuan Zhen and didn't want to hang out with Yuan Zhen anymore, it didn't mean that he had the only way to go to Huan Wen and to be loyal to the emperor Sima Dan. Sima Dan would definitely accept it. What about a general with [-] elite soldiers.What's more, Zhu Teng can still surrender to Zhang Wen to the north. The state of Wei is no better than the state of Jin. The generals of the state of Wei are not as free as the Jin Dynasty, nor do they have such great power, but he can still enjoy wealth in the state of Wei.A Murong Ke who almost wiped out Wei Guo can accommodate him, how can Wei Guo not tolerate a little Zhu Teng?

When Xi Chao saw Zhu Teng's expression changed, he knew that things were going to be bad.As a general, not a good person to negotiate at all.Xi Chao said with a smile: "General Fenwei of the fifth rank, concurrently the prefect of Yicheng and Xinye counties, and the military commander of the two counties!" Xi Chao said: "I don't know what General Zhu wants?"

Zhu Teng, who originally wanted to get angry, immediately turned into a chameleon. Although his Jianwei General sounded famous, he was actually a fifth-rank official system, and he was an official at the same level as the prefect of the county and the history of the county.However, because he belongs to Xinye County, and Xinye is a lower county, even Yuan Zhen, the prefect's immediate boss, is from the fifth-rank official system, let alone him.The prefect of Xiangyang, who is at the same level in theory, never gives Yuan Zhen a good face.

Whether it is General Jianwei or General Zhenwei, as long as the military power does not increase, there is no benefit in making him a general.But from a small army leader with pure military rank, he was immediately promoted to the prefect of the two counties, and Zhu Teng had risen to the height of a warlord.If it is properly managed for a few years, the Peijun Zhu family can rise in his hands.

Thinking of this, Zhu Teng immediately signaled his eldest son Zhu Xian to hold his seal of General Jianwei, and Zhu Teng held up the seal of General Jianwei and said: "Teng and the Zhu family of Pei County are willing to serve as the minions of the King of Shu, and do their best to die!"

Huan Chong and Xi Chao looked at each other and smiled.

Zhu Teng said: "You two distinguished guests, the banquet is ready, do you want to continue?"

"Naturally!" Huan Chong said with a flat smile.

Xi Chao said: "Slow down, General Zhu, how many people in the army are worthy of great use?"

Zhu Teng said: "We still have [-] healthy soldiers in Peijun and Yiyang in our army. Everyone can block one by one."

Xi Chao said: "What is needed is the truth!"

Zhu Teng said: "There are 800 soldiers in the elite infantry, 410 horsemen, and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers."

Xi Chao said: "If Yuan Zhen is captured alive, how sure are you?"

Zhu Teng's face was a little gloomy. If he was sure of killing Yuan Zhen, he would not surrender to Huan Wen.In the court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in fact, the military is a place that really pays attention to strength, and it is also the place where poor families or powerful people are most likely to stand out.As long as he has the strength, Tao Kan from a poor family can also become a servant, a captain, and be named the Duke of Changsha.As long as Zhu Teng has the ability to kill Yuan Zhen, he can just find a reason, and Sima Dan, who is beyond his reach, has no choice but to accept Zhu Teng's reason, and casually appoint Zhu Teng as the prefect of Xinye.

It’s just a pity that although Yuan Zhen is a bastard, he still has six or seven thousand pieces in his hands. Most of these soldiers were recruited in Yiyang County. Elite fights, he is really not enough to watch.But to deal with Zhu Teng, there is at least a five or six point chance of winning.There is not much difference in strength between the two now. If there is an armed conflict, both sides will definitely be punished by the imperial court, and their positions will be lost if they fail.Because of the embarrassing position of the two, if the emperor was annoyed, Huan Wen would like to clean up the house for the emperor the most.

Zhu Teng finally told the truth: "Teng is not even three-point sure, Yuan Zhen's thief has already become suspicious of Teng, he is already on guard, and it is impossible to be surprised. Unless there is a strong attack, Yuan Zhen's troops will The equipment is well-equipped and the food and wages are relatively sufficient, so the fight must be a chaotic battle, and Yuan Zhen will easily escape!"

Xi Chao smiled: "If you just seal Xinye City, can you do it?"

"Humble position can keep you upright!" Zhu Teng replied without thinking.If he can't even do this, he might as well kill himself by throwing tofu against the wall.

"From Zishi to five o'clock, seal the city and not let anyone escape or let anyone in!" Xi Chao said: "You are the first to do it. If you can't do it, the previous agreement is void. The Shu Palace will not support an idler." !"

"Teng! Understood!"

Xinye is a small city. Just after nightfall, all the lights in the city have been extinguished, and Xinye County was soon shrouded in night.Xi Chao knelt and sat in the small tent to take a nap, suddenly a candle flickered, and a black shadow entered the tent at some unknown time.

Soi Ying respectfully knelt down in front of Chi Chao, "Kinjiro Kowtow to Mr.!"

From Heiying's blunt Chinese and stiff movements, if Ran Ming was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that this must be a devil.

That's right, this is a genuine devil, and he is a top killer from "Shadow".With the appearance of Huan Wen's disobedience, Chu Suanzi became more and more impatient with Huan Wen, so the shadow sent a large number of killers to kill Huan Wen.It's just a pity that whether it's a ninja or an assassin, they can only be caught by surprise. Once the opponent is alert, they have no chance to take advantage of it.If the shadow can solve all the problems, then there is no need for an army, and it is enough to directly feed every ruler and kill a few ninjas.

It was at that time that Yinjiro was captured by mistake. It is said that the ninja should commit suicide by harakiri when he failed in the action. However, Yinjiro was obviously not a qualified ninja, and he actually surrendered to Huan Wen after his failure.And accepted Huan Wen's bribe, and became the chief instructor of Huan Wen's "hunting".

In more than four years, Huan Wen used his financial, material and manpower to train a large number of elite ninjas. Although these ninjas are called ninjas, they are not actually ninjas, but they can be counted as elite troops.This task is very important, Xi Chao specifically asked Huan Wen for the cooperation of Yinjiro, in addition to Yinjiro, there are also fifty masters of "Hunting Soul"!
"Are you ready?" Xi Chao said, "I want to live Yuan Zhen!"

"Hay!" Yinjiro said: "If you don't succeed, you will succeed!"

Xi Chao waved Yin Jiro back like a fly.

Yinjiro appeared again, just outside Yuan Zhen's mansion.At this time, a small team of about 30 people was patrolling.When the patrol team of Yuan Zhenwei walked to the back, Yinjiro suddenly started to move. Like a civet, he quickly ran to these patrol teams. Almost at the same time, fifty "hunting" masters also appeared like ghosts. behind the patrol.

Covering his mouth and breaking his neck, Yinjiro took a deep breath, then quickly tore off the armor on the patrol soldier, and quickly put it on himself.

The other soul-hunting members followed suit, and after a while, Yinjiro, dressed as the leader of Yuan Zhenjun's patrol team, strode into Yuan Zhen's mansion with a long knife in his hand.

The body that fell on the ground was also hidden by other "Ecstasy" members, as if nothing had happened.Entering the front yard, Yinjiro and others disguised as patrols quickly took control of the front yard. Everyone in the front yard was imprisoned in the stable hay room in the front yard, and everyone was tied together.

It's not that Yinjiro doesn't like killing people, it's just that some people are very sensitive to the smell of blood, especially soldiers.In order not to arouse their vigilance, Yin Jiro gave an order that he should try not to kill people if he could.

There was a slight smile on Yinjiro's face, which looked a little scary under the light of the fire.

In Xinye County, it was quiet and silent.

(End of this chapter)