Xuanhu, the General Administration Office, the emperor Yu Wengankeng was talking to Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wen. Unlike his spirited expression a few days ago, Yu Wengankeng was listless and in a little depressed at this time.

Since defeating the Yuzhou army a few days ago, the situation in Xuanhu eased. According to the original plan, the Anzhou army continued to issue manifestos to surrounding prefectures and counties, calling on troops from all over the country to support the king. The responses received now are beyond Yuwen Gankeng's expectations.

As of today, no place has seen troops serving the king, which means no one has served the king.

The county magistrates and county magistrates all pretended to be deaf and dumb. When facing the Anzhou cavalry who came to the city, they closed the city gates, neither shot arrows to drive people away nor opened the door to greet them, and turned a deaf ear to the Anzhou cavalry's shouts.

At most, I mean to park some grain trucks outside the city gate, without any more expressions. I just watched the Anzhou cavalry transport the grain away, probably because I wanted to spend the grain to buy peace.

The meaning is actually very simple: You asked us to be the king? Sorry, we can only use food to be the king. If there is more, it will be gone. We will not participate in your affairs.

This cruel reality made Yuwen Gankeng, who was full of expectations, feel like he was hit hard. He thought that after defeating the Yuzhou army, officials from all over the country would actively seek to fight for the king. As a result, he realized how unpopular he was.

When Yuwen Gankeng was still in the palace, he had imagined more than once that the reason why the court officials had no objection to his failure to take power was because they were frightened by the power of the Yuchi family, and ordinary people were sure to discuss it, saying that the prime minister bullied the emperor.

Since it was Yuchi Dun who was interfering with it, he would raise his arms and shout again, and there would inevitably be many people who responded. Now it seems that it was just wishful thinking.

Not to mention in Yuzhou, even in the Imperial Palace of Yecheng that day, Yuwen Gankeng felt that even if he really stabbed Yuchi Dun to death, no one would respond to him. The final outcome was to be killed by random knives.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Gankeng was a little discouraged, and his original ambition disappeared. Yuwen Wen said comforting: "Your Majesty, why do you care so much about things you have never owned?"

"What does Xiyang King mean?"

"Henan was originally the former territory of Qi. At that time, it only took three years to enter the dynasty. Later, Yang Ni usurped power and caused chaos, and Henan prefectures and counties were once again covered by war. For the powerful and even the people in Henan, it doesn't matter who is the emperor."

"They just want to live a stable life. Whoever laughs at the end is the one they want to surrender, and now, His Majesty does not seem to have a chance to win."

The reality that Yuwen Wen mentioned was already figured out before he crossed the Dabie Mountains, so he did not have high expectations for it. Yuwen Gankeng's eyes darkened when he heard this: "Is there not even someone willing to speculate?"

"Your Majesty, not anyone can have the vision to be Lu Buwei. The people of Henan have suffered from war. For them, standing by and watching is the safest way, and if you want to speculate, you may lose all your money."

"But, but..." Yuwen Gankeng was a little anxious. He knew that after he was in trouble, he would easily become a habitable target for strange goods. Those who came to join him were most likely many of them were people like Lu Buwei. As a result, he was "no one cared about". Could it be that people in the world were optimistic about him?

After that great victory, Yuwen Gankeng was still reserved at first, thinking that if there were too many soldiers to serve the king, he would not be able to pay any rewards. As a result, there was not even one person now, and even if he wanted to be an official, he could not make a wish.

Yuwen Wen can understand Yuwen Gankeng's mood. Today's Yuwen family is like a junk stock that hits the limit. Not many people are optimistic about it. The Yuzhou army's defeat without fighting cannot arouse the purchasing enthusiasm of "stock investors". It requires a "big positive" to reverse the situation.

This great benefit is a great victory, a great victory no less than that of the great victory of Shayuan that year. However, whether Yuwen can do it, the "stock investors" expressed little hope for this.

Therefore, it is inevitable that everyone will "hold the money and wait and see". Yuwen Wen doesn't care whether anyone responds to the king, because he never had too much expectations for it, but seeing the emperor's frustration, he still has to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, whether there is anyone to serve the king is not the key. The key is that we have spread the news. Officials and nobles from all over the country must know that Your Majesty is really in Xuanhu. Sooner or later, this news will be spread to the traitor. As the saying goes, being a thief is guilty..."

"The Yuzhou army will be defeated without fighting. It will be difficult for all parts of Henan to summon large troops to force Xuanhu for a while, and the treacherous ministers will also be worried that someone will turn against each other in the battle, so it is very likely that they will directly draw their direct troops to go south and attack Xuanhu."

"I think the other party's actions will not be delayed for too long, because Chi means a change. Now Yuchi Youqi's Jiangnan Road march is still in Jiangbei and confronts the Chen State in Jiangnan. They are also afraid that our army will seize the way out, so the traitors will inevitably mobilize troops to move south in a large number. As long as our army defeats it in one battle, the situation will inevitably change."

Yuwen Gankeng felt that what Yuwen Wen said made sense, but his worries remained unabated: "King of Xiyang, our army has too few troops in the Yuzhou area. In addition to Xuanhu, we also have to divide our troops to guard Song'an, Guangcheng, and Pingyang. Once the Yuchi army attacks, the disparity in the military strength may be too large..."

"What Your Majesty said is very much, and this is also the reason why no one responded to the king. Everyone thinks that the Yuwen family will be defeated. I am afraid that even the generals sent by Yuchi Dun also think so. The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, this is a fighter opportunity."

Yuwen Gankeng had never brought troops to fight, but he felt that once the Yuchi army invaded south, his hope of winning was slim. However, Yuwen Wen's outstanding military achievements were obvious to all, so Yuwen Gankeng still believed in the other party quite well, which was also the reason why he was willing to stay in Xuanhu to take the risk.

After talking for a while, the Wuqi General Attendant Liu reported outside that the Huangzhou army, who occupied Baigou, Xizhou, had arrested several passing officials in the city and had now sent people to Xuanhu. Li Yunxin, the chief officer of Anzhou, had met the other party and wanted to ask the emperor whether he would meet him.

This is a rare opportunity to surrender. Of course, Yuwen Gankeng has to meet him. He is so nervous that he lacks people. Without saying a word, he gets up and walks out. Yuwen Wen follows closely and mutters in his heart: Bai Gou? Could it be Ma Bao and Yin Shaoxia?

As expected, as soon as he approached the conference hall, Yuwen Wen, who was outside the door, saw that the person inside had a mother's baby... Zheng Shanguo and the Yinshi Master who was like a walking corpse. What surprised him was that Zheng Shanguo's widowed mother Cui was also present.

Although the requirements for the so-called "feminine virtue" in this era are not so perverted, according to Cui's personality, if it were not forcibly, they would not appear in such an occasion. Yuwen Wen thought about it and realized that Cui was here to sue!

Now he has been appointed as the chief of the Yuzhou General Manager, and Li Yunxin, the chief of the Anzhou General Manager, is talking to Zheng Shanguo, while Yin Shishishi was silent. Cui's face was like Han Bing, and he didn't say a word either.

Seeing the emperor coming, Li Yunxin and Gu Yi quickly bowed. Coincidentally, Yuwen Gankeng had seen Yinshi Master and Zheng Shanguo, so when they saw that the emperor was really the emperor, they bowed immediately.

When Yuwen Gankeng saw that one of the people in front of him was a son of the Zheng family in Xingyang and the other was a descendant of the nobles of Guanzhong, he couldn't help but ignite a glimmer of hope. He wanted to recruit these two people so that people all over the world knew that he was really not a "single man".

Especially once Zheng Shanguo is used for his own use, he can try to communicate with the Zheng family in Xingyang. After all, Xingyang is not too far from Xuanhu. Yu Wen Gankeng thinks that if he can really say that the Zheng family in Xingyang is serving the king, the situation will be different immediately.
Chapter completed!