"I don't trust Zhu Wen." King Fu Li Xin shook the red wine in his cup and looked at Chen Bangzhao and said, "So as long as Zhu Wen doesn't fight with Tian Chengsi for a day, we won't move here."

"This is also the reason why you asked Zhu Furen and Li Hai to stay in Xinye?" Chen Bangzhao said: "Are you afraid that something will happen in Weizhou?"

Li Xin nodded: "How loyal do you think Zhu Wen is to the court?"

"This is hard to say!" Chen Bangzhao said with a smile.

"Then tell me, how loyal is Li Ze of Wuwei to the court?" Li Xin continued to ask.

This time Chen Bangzhao hesitated for a moment and said, "Li Ze, Wuwei, there are still some points!"

"How many points?" Li Xin laughed: "This statement is really interesting. It is indeed a few points, but how many points are there? In this battle, Li Ze clearly placed Shi Zhuang's 20,000 elite troops in Yizhou. If he took action, Shi Zhuang's 20,000 soldiers entered Xingzhou, what big waves could Wei Bo be able to make? But he just didn't. He was determined to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. We can't say anything, because he has indeed been fighting Zhang Zhong over the past two years."

Chen Bangzhao's face was solemn: "What the prince means is that Li Ze actually has a ulterior motive?"

"Who doesn't have a ulterior motive?" Li Xin sighed: "If the court is strong, they will naturally be loyal. If the court is weak, then no one can blame him."

Chen Bangzhao nodded with a heavy expression.

"So Bangzhao, we can't afford to lose!" Li Xin sighed.

"But just spending this way, the consumption of more than 100,000 troops is also a terrifying thing!" Chen Bang summoned.

"Compared to failure, what is the loss of food and grass?" Li Xin said: "Li Ze will not talk about him anymore. This time, I want to see what Zhu Wen wants to do? The Xuanwu army is still crawling on the road like a turtle. Hehe? Do you think I am a fool?"

"We are consuming like this here now. Although Zhu Wen promised to assist the court in fighting, it is hard to say what he thought in his heart. It seems that he can only wait for Xingzhou to decide the victory first. As long as Han Qi, Xue Ping and the others succeed, and then turn to support our attack on Luzhou, it is also a way to break the deadlock." Chen Bangzhao thought for a while: "Prince, it seems that he still has to put some pressure on Han Qi."

"I have sent him some special envoys." Li Xin said: "As long as I win this battle, I will support him to include the river in his jurisdiction. Under heavy rewards, there will be brave men."

Chen Bangzhao was startled: "Prince, how can Wu Yue in the River be willing to settle down?"

"If the court wins this battle, even Li Ze will have to bow down. What is the mere Wu Yue in the Hezhong?" Li Xin sneered: "At that time, with Han Qi's restraint, even if Li Ze is domineering, he will have a strong opponent. The court will be in it, so it will be easier to balance. Wu Yue's attitude this time was ambiguous, and he didn't even have verbal support. I sent someone to ask him for some money and food, but he even pushed him to stop him. After the war, who would he not deal with him?"

Chen Bangzhao nodded silently. Li Xin said it well. Once the court wins this battle, Zhaoyi and Wei Bo will all be under the jurisdiction of the court, and the mere river will not be able to make waves. Moreover, the river is very close to Chang'an, and being able to control it in your hands is naturally beneficial to the court.

Giving the river to Han Qi is equivalent to the imperial court building another big town. In this way, Li Ze cannot stand out, which is also a way to balance the common ground. Anyway, the contradiction between Han Qi and Li Ze is known to everyone now.

The Luzhou army was in stalemate, but in Xingzhou, it was also a stalemate situation. Although Yang Zhihe received Xue Ping's support, he suffered too much in the early stage and now he could only work hard to maintain Xingzhou City and its surrounding areas. Fortunately, Xue Ping had a fight with Li Ze regardless of his face, and finally brought a lot of food and supplies into Xingzhou. He barely stabilized the situation and occupied Ping County. Tian Ping's troops in Ren Township still had an absolute advantage. Although Han Qi sent troops to occupy Nanhe, he was only confronting his opponent. Both sides were trying hard to find fighter opportunities. For a moment, no one could do anything to anyone.

"Is the prince kidding?" Han Qi held the Mi Nian given to him by Fu Wang Li Xin in his hand, but his voice was trembling. "How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible." In order to win the trust of Han Qi, the person who came to serve this time was Pei Ju, the chief minister of Luoyang and the confidant of Fu King Li Xin. "The prince is considering not only the present, but also the future."

“How to say it?”

"What do you think of Li Ze?" Pei Ju asked suddenly.

Han Qi breathed heavily: "Today, I might as well tell Pei Changshi that everything I do is specifically ordered by Gao Shuai before leaving. Gao Shuai said that Li Ze is a capable minister in governing the world and a hero in troubled times. If he cannot restrain him, he may eventually completely destroy the Tang Dynasty. But if this thousand-mile horse can be included in the rules, he must be the minister of the revival of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, since Gao Shuai left, Han's actions were all to prevent Li Ze from becoming the only one in the north."

Pei Ju's face was slightly fainted: "Why didn't Gao Shuai explain in the confession?"

Han Qi smiled bitterly: "Pei Changshi, I'm sorry, if Gao Shuai really said this in the confession, I'm afraid Li Ze will know it soon, right? In this way, it might be counterproductive. The court is now just a big colander."

"If this is true, the court will always be wronged." Pei Ju said with emotion: "Even the prince thinks that after Gao Shuai left, Han Qi will have the intention of defending himself?"

"I am dedicated to the bright moon." Han Qi sighed.

"Since that is the case, the bright moon will naturally not only go to the ditches." Pei Ju nodded and said, "Ship Han, in this way, will Gao Shuai and your original intention be in conflict with the prince? Just give it to Li Ze. After this battle, you have most of Hedong, and with Hezhong, will you be stronger than you now?"

Han Qi remained silent.

"Ship Han must believe in the prince." Pei Ju said in a heavy tone: "The prince's influence on His Majesty the Emperor is much greater than you think. And His Majesty the Emperor is not confused either."

"If I want to end the battle in Xingzhou quickly, I must mobilize Li Cunzhong's army. When the Li army moves, Daizhou and other places, they will inevitably all be returned to Li Ze."

"Hezhong is much better than Daizhou and other places. When you move to Hezhong and Li Cunzhong stationed in Taiyuan, it will be much stronger than today. Only with giving up can you gain. Han Shuai, the key is that we must win this battle."

"Why is the prince still moving in Luzhou?"

"The prince is worried about Zhu Wen." Pei Ju said.

"I understand." Han Qi stood up suddenly: "Since that's the case, I'll take a gamble and immediately ordered Li Cunzhong to lead his troops to come."

The battle situation in Zhaoyi fell into a strange calm. The court launched a fierce attack, but stopped when the two armies confronted each other. Xuanwu and Zhu Wen claimed to assist the court in striking rebellion, but in May, their troops were completing their assembly and slowly heading towards Bozhou, Weizhou. Facing several sieges Tian Chengsi seemed calm and sat firmly in Weizhou without moving, but seemed to be waiting for Zhu Wen to come.

But this calmness was finally broken with nearly 20,000 main forces of Li Cunzhong's troops leaving Daizhou and coming to Xingzhou. It can be imagined that as soon as Li Cunzhong arrived in Zhaoyi, the imperial army would inevitably launch a fierce attack on Tian Ping's troops in Xingzhou. Once the Wei Bo army in Xingzhou failed, the overall situation would be immediately affected.

"I underestimate Li Xin." Tian Chengsi from Weizhou finally could not sit firmly on Diaoyutai anymore. He didn't know if Li Xin could convince Han Qi to come out, but in this way, he was already in extreme danger.

"Transfer my order to mobilize all the main forces in Weizhou and Bozhou to attack Luzhou." Tian Chengsi said sternly.

"JieShi, what should I do if Weizhou and Bozhou are going to attack? The whole army attacked, and the two states were empty. What should I do if Xuanwu soldiers came?" Huang Ming, the central guard of Tian Chengsi, said in a lost voice.

"You stay in Weizhou, summon the local tyrants, and guard the city." Tian Chengsi said.

"Grandmaster?" Huang Ming opened his mouth wide and looked at the other party, unable to say a word.

"Don't worry." Tian Chengsi sneered: "If what I expected was, Xuanwu and Zhu Wen could not walk into Weizhou and Bozhou, if he really wanted these two states, what if I defeated the imperial army and went straight to Luoyang and Chang'an?"

"But, how can we guess so much about military and national affairs?" Huang Ming stuttered.

Tian Chengsi smiled and said, "Now for us, there is only one way in Huashan, who bravely move forward and defeat the imperial army. As long as we defeat the main force of King Fu in Luzhou, everything will be reversed. The army led by King Fu is already the last little capital of the imperial court. As long as there is no, they will be finished. This is our only way to save ourselves. As long as we do this, Zhu Wen's main force will definitely attack Luoyang and Chang'an in front of us, so we can win a chance to breathe and have the capital to bargain. So this time, I will devote my efforts and fail to succeed. I will be able to win and win. Before the victory or defeat in Xingzhou, Han Qi will only come to save Luzhou and we can take the absolute initiative."

"What if Li Ze moved too?"

"At that time, Li Ze was afraid he was busy robbing Han Qi's territory!" Tian Chengsi said with a sneer.

In early May, Tian Chengsi went alone and led the main army of Weizhou and Bozhou to the south and attacked Weizhou. At this time, Li Cunzhong's troops had not yet walked out of Hedong. But what Tian Chengsi expected was that Xuanwu's army accelerated the march at this time. When he arrived in Xinye, Zhaoyi, Xuanwu's army captured Bozhou like a bamboo shoot, and then advanced towards Weizhou.

But at this time, Tian Chengsi had no way out. In mid-May, fierce battles broke out between Tian Chengsi's troops and Niu Furen and Li Hai's troops. Niu Furen and Li Hai lost consecutive battles and had to retreat to Weizhou to join forces with Xue Jun.

King Fu Li Xin led his troops back to the rescue and left Chen Bangzhao to launch a fierce attack on Luzhou.
Chapter completed!