Most of the soldiers and horses Wang Xian brought were strong men temporarily recruited from Bashu. He stayed in Chang'an for half a year. In addition to reinforcing the city wall, he helped Wang Xian carry his belongings all day long. If the strong men from other places had given up their work long ago, but these

But the people worked hard without complaining, and Li Xiaofei couldn't understand what spell Wang Xian cast on them.

Although Li Xiaofei was squeezed out by Wang Xian and spent all day leading these people to repair the city wall, after all, he was also a high-ranking official in Daliang, and these strong men also respected him.

Li Xiaofei stayed with them for a long time, and suddenly he had the illusion that he had returned to the Lijia Village where they worked hard all day, or to the group of brothers in Shouxian County. Li Xiaofei's talent is to deal with people for a long time, and for nearly half a year

He ate and worked together, and these strong men were all obedient to him. Even the dozens of guardsmen sent by Wang Xian to monitor Li Xiaofei rolled up their sleeves and fist-bumped with Li Xiaofei, drank wine, and called themselves brothers.

The leader of a group of people from Bajun was named Xiang Dahu. He was a majestic but not tall man with a beard and an amazing capacity for drinking. At first, he argued with Li Xiaofei, but Li Xiaofei didn't care. He called him brother Xiang, and often called him brother Xiang.

He was rewarded with some money to drink and eat meat, but Xiang Dahu refused to let anyone take advantage of him, and often drove Li Xiaofei to death.

After a long time, Meng En, the centurion from Qianwei, couldn't stand it anymore, so he said to Li Xiaofei privately: "Master Li is a high-ranking official. He drinks and eats meat with us countrymen all day long and also works. It's too much of a loss."

, you have to show your official authority, otherwise everyone will ride on your head and shit and piss!"

Li Xiaofei became unexpectedly serious: "Brother Meng, the way you are talking about is the style of aristocratic families. I can punish people and even kill people, but everyone is just flesh and blood, especially you.

If the most miserable and tired people are still being beaten, insulted and killed, then what kind of justice and justice can there be in this world? I just want everyone to have a trace of human dignity. Your family is waiting for you in Bashu.

Return safely and survive on your military pay. If you are beaten and killed just for offending me, a bird officer, how can your family survive?"

Meng En shed tears and fell silent, turned around, wiped his eyes and ran out.

From that day on, Xiang Dahu was respectful to Li Xiaofei. But Li Xiaofei still didn't understand why these people worked so hard. Later, while drinking, he couldn't help but ask: "You people from Bashu, do you have to be endlessly patient?"

This whole day of hard work? I don’t think you are greedy for life, but you are too hardworking!"

A centurion named Du Laoyao spoke: "For us people from Bashu, before we left, General Wang gave us a living allowance. After we received his money, we had to listen to his words and do things right."

Well, it’s not what we do to collect money and do nothing!”

Meng En also spoke: "We Shu people never show off, and we must do what we promise others!"

Xiang Dahu also slapped his chest: "We people from Badong will not lose to you people from Shu!"

Li Xiaofei nodded: "It seems that people are divided into groups. You are stupid and I am stupid too, so we come together!"

Everyone laughed: "In terms of stupidity, Master Li is still the stupidest. Master Murong called you a fool. Later, we also found out something about you. You were often deceived into paying for money, or you bought other people's money."

The child needs to be discarded. Anyway, Mr. Li, you are just a fool and have too much money."

Du Laoyao added: "Actually, it's not surprising that a person is stupid and has a lot of money. Mr. Li is not very good at martial arts, but he often foolishly wants to save people and become a hero. Every time, he has to rely on Master Murong to end it. Li

I am afraid that you are stupid even when you have no money. You are stupid at heart, so stupid that no one can bear to lie to him or harm him anymore!"

Meng En picked up the wine bowl: "Master Li is actually not stupid. He understands many things. He just wants to work hard to be a good person and make the world a better place! Ever since I got to know Master Li, I feel that this troubled world is full of endless wars."

Suddenly there is hope. Come and join us in honoring Mr. Li!"

Everyone raised their bowls to drink together, and Li Xiaofei wiped his lips: "Haha, my martial arts skills are not as good as one ten thousandth of Murong's. I am not good at fighting, and my tactics are even worse. I am also a pariah. Except for Han, who is almost stupid like me.

The king often rewards me with money, but I don’t have much money. I am such a mediocre person!”

Li Xiaofei raised the bowl to the big tiger and pointed it at Li Xiaofei: "Taifu Li, we have seen many high officials, and none of them have been praised as being like the stars in the sky and descending to earth. All generals are self-proclaimed. Han Xin, when he met a county magistrate

, that was also compared to Jiang Ziya and Zhuge Liang, but once on the battlefield, it didn't work. Only you, Mr. Li, said that you were worthless. You are really stupid to compare with them. But like you

Silly, how did you become a Taifu? It shows that everyone in the court is also stupid. Hahahaha."

Everyone burst into laughter, and a centurion named Wang Laosan also spoke: "To tell you the truth, we don't feel aggrieved by following a high official like Taifu Li. Even if he really has no ability, we brothers are willing to keep him."

Isn’t he? If he is gone, who will take us to drink and eat meat in the future? Do you think so?”

Everyone encouraged him to drink again, and Li Xiaofei fell down on the table as a matter of course, and Xiang Dahu carried him back to the house to guard him all night.

On Wang Xian's end, everyone kept the secret from him, and he was busy thinking about how to use Ju Wuzhi's line to fight and build prestige for Yubo to regain the lost territory, so he naturally didn't notice.

Spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, and the weather was getting hotter. Ju Wuzhi wanted to make a lot of money and led his army back to the grassland. However, Fan Zhihong and Cheng never agreed and insisted on building a boat to cross the river.

Hu Gao was about to arrive in Xiangguo and was wandering around in a hurry. At this time, the envoy from the Green Banner Khanate arrived.

The Green Flag Khanate came to discuss some territory divisions and distribution of prisoners of war with Ju Wuzhi, allowing Ju Wuzhi to make a small fortune, and Ju Wuzhi naturally entertained them warmly.

After three rounds of drinking, the envoy of the Green Flag Khanate accidentally dropped the letter he was carrying, and it happened to be picked up by Ju Wuzhi's soldiers.

Ju Wuzhi opened the letter and read it, and was shocked to see that it was from the Deputy Khan of the Green Banner Khanate, Zadar, to Fan Zhihongcheng and Fan Zhihongcheng. The letter said that he had sent gold and silver to Fan Zhihongcheng three times and wanted these two.

He took his Qianyu army to join the Green Banner Khanate, and Tubili, the Great Khan of the Green Banner Khanate, would definitely be entrusted with the important task of breaking the earth and becoming the king.

After reading the letter, Ju Wuzhi was overjoyed and prepared to send people to capture Fan Zhihong and Cheng. However, he thought that these two people were highly skilled in martial arts. If they were to be captured by force, they would probably run away. After thinking about it for a while, he came up with a plan and sent someone to go.

Please invite Fan Zhihongcheng to come and discuss the matter.

There were actually two groups of envoys from the Green Banner Khanate who did not want to come with them. The other group had already gone to Fan Zhihongcheng's place. This envoy did not send gold or silver, but instead produced a letter to Fan Zhihongcheng. The letter contained the following words:

He said that he had given gold and silver three times to Fan Zhihong and Cheng, and now he wants Fan Zhihong and Cheng to fulfill their promise.

Hong Cheng drew his sword and put it on the envoy's neck. Fan Zhi laughed: "Don't you think it's stupid for such a clumsy plan to harm us two?"

The messenger also smiled: "You two are naturally resourceful, but there are four letters. One has already fallen into the hands of Ju Wuzhi, and the other two are about to reach the hands of Pajaqili and Hu Gao. I see

After a while, Ju Wuzhi will send someone to invite you two to come and discuss the matter of building a warship to cross the river south. If I am wrong, you will not be too late to kill me. If I am right, I am afraid that the two generals will

Your life is at risk!"

Fan Zhihongcheng took the envoy behind a screen and took care of him, waiting in the mansion.

Not long after, Ju Wuzhi sent someone over, and his words were exactly what the envoy said. The two agreed and said they would change into official uniforms and go.

After the visitor left, Fan Zhihongcheng hurriedly asked for an envoy: "You have caused great harm to our two brothers. Now I have to save my life and let you go!"

Ju Wuzhi saw that the two generals had not come for a long time, so he ordered hundreds of people to arrest them. However, Fan Zhihong and Cheng had already gathered a thousand-feather army at the military camp to take them to surrender to the Green Flag Khanate.

Although the Qianyu Army respected Fan Zhihongcheng a lot, they were all from the Black Flag Khanate after all. Fan Zhihongcheng only took dozens of people away and fled, while the rest neither blocked nor chased them, but just stayed where they were.

By the time Hu Gao arrived in Xiangguo, Fan Zhihong and Cheng had already arrived at Zadar's army. Ju Wuzhi reported the letter to Hu Gao. Hu Gao looked at it for a few times and then threw it on the ground: "Such a counter-intuitive plan can only do so."

You’ve tricked you into being such a stupid person! You’ve ruined two of our generals! With these two men from the west, our army’s advantage will be gone in a few years!”

Ju Wuzhi was not to be outdone: "The so-called talents recommended by the Imperial Preceptor turned out to be traitors with no integrity. We still have 3,000 soldiers in the Qianyu Army, so why should we be afraid?"

Hu Gao took out Pajaqili's order. Ju Wuzhi lost his temper and knelt down after seeing it: "Okay, I will obey the orders of the imperial master from now on."

Hu Gao repeatedly asked Ju Wuzhi why he wanted to retreat in a hurry, and Ju Wuzhi had no choice but to reveal Wang Xian's plan to negotiate peace.

Hu Gao rolled his eyes: "Yes, greed for money also has its benefits. If they want to negotiate for peace, we will act like we want to negotiate for peace. It may not be a bad thing for Fan Zhihong and Cheng to go to the west. Let's join forces to capture Chang'an. I think it's just around the corner."

Got it!"

For several days, Hu Gao sent several groups of envoys to Zadar and Wang Xian respectively, and wrote personal letters to both Zadar and Fan Zhihongcheng. He asked Zadar to reasonably attack Chang'an before June, and appease Fan Zhihongcheng, making it clear that

The two fell into the trap, and they were not blamed. They were also asked to assist the Green Banner Khanate in completing the task of capturing Chang'an.

Zadar and everyone else read Hu Gao's letter: "Tsk, tsk, this national master is a national master after all. I would like to think that he wants to raise an army to investigate and kill you two to vent his anger. I didn't expect that this national master is so generous!"

Fan Zhihongcheng also had a look of shame on his face: "The two families are originally brothers' countries. Both my brothers have fulfilled their responsibilities in serving both countries. Now that we share the world, we naturally have to work together."

Having said that, Zadar became suspicious, suspecting that these two men had been arranged by Hu Gao a long time ago, so the military training methods offered by these two men were shelved by Zadar.

The envoys sent to Wang Xian were extremely arrogant and demanded high prices. Wang Xian believed that this was a sign that the other party was about to withdraw its troops, and that the price was too high to sell the city at a good price. So Wang Xian entertained him warmly.

Four groups of envoys came to negotiate peace, hoping to bargain for less money and redeem the city as soon as possible.

The spies sent by Chen Hongyi reported that the Black Flag Khanate was building a large ship and was very likely to cross the river. Chen Hongyi personally led 5,000 people to camp by the river. He also recruited civilians to dig new ditches and turned the area along the river into a swamp with crisscrossed water networks.
Chapter completed!