Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 244 Take the Prime Minister's Seedless Prince for Himself

"You shouldn't...waste food!" Gao Jingzong complained: "We don't have much food, every grain is precious, and it can save lives at critical times, but you..., don't do this in the future!"

"How's it going!" Xie Daoyun looked at Gao Jingzong, with a flash of light in his eyes: "I didn't waste food!"

"No? How...how is this possible?" Gao Jingzong asked in confusion, "I clearly heard the voice."

Xie Daoyun smiled slightly, stepped forward to put away the empty bowls and dishes in front of Gao Jingzong, and said, "Seeing is not necessarily believing, let alone hearing? There is only such a meal, and I just dropped a few empty bowls..."

Gao Jingzong was taken aback when he heard this, he was about to tease Zhu Yingtai when he heard a personal guard report from outside the tent: "Captain, Cui Changshi has an urgent letter!"

Gao Jingzong said: "Come in!"

A personal guard was steaming on his head, and took out a sweat-stained letter from his arms.Gao Jingzong didn't hesitate, opened the letter, looked at it, Gao Jingzong frowned.After reading, Gao Jingzong folded the letter with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Captain, is there anything wrong with Sui County?" Xie Daoyun asked with concern.

Gao Jingzong shook his head lightly and said, "Suixian is fine, everything is fine."

He paused for a moment, seemingly hesitant, but finally said: "Cui Changshi's letter said that Huan Da Sima joined the army and has arrived in Sui County, and the reason for his visit is unknown..."

Time turned a little bit, and when Gao Jingzong attacked Sui County by surprise, Huan Wen, the Grand Sima of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who was guarding Xiangyang, got the news. Huan Wen frowned and said, "We all underestimated Gao Jingzong!"

Xi Chao was taken aback: "Gao Jingzong?"

"I thought that Gao Jingzong's son was not good enough." Huan Wen nodded, and said with a wry smile: "But Wen was wrong—he actually defeated Murong Chui and occupied Sui County. At that time, fifteen cities in Liang County had been annexed."

Xi Chao was stunned for a while, then lowered his head in frustration and said, "Ming Gong, Chao didn't expect this person..."

"Forget it...it's not your fault. This old man just missed his point!" Huan Wen sighed and said, "After all, it's one level behind. If we give him a hand when he needs help the most, we will have to give him a hand." Strong support... It's a pity that the traces of our perfunctory him are too obvious. I'm afraid Gao Jingzong has a grudge in his heart... However, those who make big things don't care about small things, Gao Jingzong should not take this small matter to heart, just in case , leaving room for meeting in the future. It is better to exchange information with Gao Jingzong..."

"It's better to go and meet Gao Dudu!" Xi Chao thought for a long time and said softly: "However, Ming Gong should send a big gift to Gao Jingzong."

"Great gift?" Huan Wen nodded, but shook his head and said, "We are not rich in money, grain, and silk!"

"It's not money, it's not food!" Xi Chao had no choice but to make his words more and more clear: "Gao Jingzong is getting stronger and stronger. For Minggong, it may not be a good thing. The money and food are naturally in the hands of Minggong. Alright, now that Governor-General Gao conquered Liang County in the north and won a great victory over the Kingdom of Yan, no big rewards are not enough to reward him for his meritorious service, so why don't Duke Ming write a letter to His Majesty to ask Governor-General Gao for his meritorious service?"

Huan Wen was taken aback: "Didn't the imperial court confer Gao Jingzong the title of Marquis of Xiayi, the governor of Xiayi, and the governor of the thief? How else can I ask for the title?"

Xi Chao coughed, and continued: "The imperial court is too petty to take action. How can a mere third-rank marquis and a regular third-rank beggar governor be worthy of the merits of the high governor. Minggong not only wants to invite, but also wants to ask for merit. Lord, please ask the imperial court to entitle him to be General Chijie and Duke Xia!"

"Not bad, not bad!" Huan Wen's eyes suddenly burst into strange expressions at this moment: "Now the court is staring at the old man and our Xifu army, which is extremely unfavorable to us. Now the high governor has hundreds of thousands of strong The soldiers are healthy and dead, not only is the court no longer suspicious of our Xifu army, it will definitely pull our Xifu army to fight with Gao Dudu's Beifu army. However, when all the strong ones fight, the final winner may not be the strongest...Who Can take advantage of it. Whoever can pull a thousand catties four or two will be able to win in the end..."

"Duke Ming is wise!" Xi Chao said with a smile: "As long as Duke Ming speaks uprightly for the governor, whether the court agrees or not, what does it matter to Duke Ming?"

Huan Wen sneered and said: "Guest (Xi Chao's name)... This strategy is brilliant, we will not suffer no matter whether the imperial court approves it or not. The old man wants to muddy the already turbid water even more, so that no one can understand it." I can't see what's under the water, it's so muddy that no one knows how deep it is..."

Xi Chao said: "If you talk about martial bravery, if you talk about knowing soldiers, Gao Jingzong is also a superior talent. Compared with Liu Sikong (Liu Kun) Zuqi (Zu Ti), he is not much behind. Although Gao Jingzong is smart, he doesn't know the world. The overall situation, let alone the court’s thoughts.”

Huan Wen nodded: "What is the imperial court most afraid of? Isn't it a feudal town? The most fearful thing is that the feudal town is too big to lose, threatening the safety of the court. For 50 years, everything in the world has been like this. Why did Wang Dun and Su Jun rebel? They didn't If they rebel, the imperial court will kill them, for the sake of their lives, if they don’t rebel, they have to rebel.”

"Gao Jingzong and Wang Dun Su Jun are not the same!" Xi Chao said: "Gao Dudu has not received any favor from the imperial court. From top to bottom, the whole army only knows Gao Dudu, but not the court. Bigger."

"So what?" Huan Wen said with a smile: "How can the imperial court suppress Gao Jingzong?"

Xi Chao was at a loss for words, and after a long time, Xi Chao said: "Although Governor Gao has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but after all, the rise time is too short, and this disadvantage cannot be made up in a short time."

"So... I want to make up for this disadvantage!" Huan Wen said, "Didn't Gao Jingzong want to use his partial teacher to pass through Nanyang, attack Luoyang, and threaten Henan?"

Xi Chao nodded and said, "The forward of the Beifu army has arrived in Tongshan... to confront Deng Xia's troops."

Huan Wen said in a loud voice: "Order Deng Xia to withdraw his troops to Suijun (that is, Suizhou)"

"Duke Ming, be careful!" Xi Chao said, "Don't lure wolves into the house."

Huan Wen smiled and said: "I know my own family affairs, the old man prefers to deal with the Gao family's children, because he doesn't like the court's petty behavior, and he is happy to talk about it. If Gao Jingzong is interested in Nanyang, this old man will not hesitate to help! "

This time Xi Chao braved the severe cold to come to Sui County from Xiangyang, not only to ease the relationship between the Xifu Army and the Beifu Army, but also to see with his own eyes how the soldiers and horses of the Beifu Army are.In the final analysis, the alliance between Huan Wen and Gao Jingzong mainly depends on Gao Jingzong's strength and whether he has the qualifications. If Gao Jingzong can withstand Yan's counterattack again, and has the strength to control Yan, Yu, Qing, Luo and Xiangyang Will seriously consider the possibility of dealing with this person in the future;
The Beifu army attached great importance to Xi Chao's visit.As early as when Xi Chao was exiled from Xiangu, Ji Kan accompanied him all the way.Looking at the dense heat rising from the ground outside Sui County.Xi Chao asked curiously: "Could there be any mystery in the underground?"

Ji Kan really didn't know what was going on, but Cui Yi said: "The people living underground are all refugees. The supervisors saw that the people were displaced, so they ordered the humble officials to move the refugees to the trenches for resettlement."

"It's interesting!" Xi Chao became more and more curious about Gao Jingzong.

(End of this chapter)