『PS: Sorry, I was so sleepy last night. I fell asleep on the chair and got up in the early morning.』

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During the Yuancheng battle, the Liangzhou army secretly obtained military rations for several months. Although the emperor of Jin became increasingly disgusted, because there was no evidence that the Liangzhou army secretly obtained military rations, it was naturally difficult to cut off the supply of food to the Liangzhou army. It only changed the "one payment for ten days" to "one payment for five days".

In fact, this move not only shows that "I am unhappy", but is used to warn Yang Xiong, the Yang Mian brothers and their Liangzhou army, in fact, does not have much substantial effect. After all, once the Liangzhou army revolts, the court will immediately cut off the supply of grain to the former. How much difference can there be?

In the middle of April, just as the world was busy with spring plowing, Yang Xiong summoned his brothers Yang Mian and Yang Wei to discuss countermeasures in the temporary military camp outside Yuancheng. The reason was that in recent days, the court and Zhou Hu sent people one after another to urge him to continue to use troops against the Taishan bandits and recover Yangping and Dongwuyang as soon as possible.

Regarding this matter, Yang Wei said to his two brothers: "In the Yuancheng incident, whether it is the emperor, the court, or the Zhou Hu, he is becoming more and more vigilant about us, so he frequently urges our Liangzhou army to attack the Taishan bandits and consume our troops in order to reap profits. I have been thinking about it over the past few days, why not join forces with the Taishan bandits in secret?"

"Secretly joining forces with the bandits of Taishan?"

Yang Xiong and Yang Mian were very surprised when they heard this.

"That's right." Yang Wei nodded and said seriously: "It is undeniable that the Taishan bandits are weak and insignificant. Whether it is Zhou Hu or our Liangzhou army, they have the ability to wipe out them all. But what are the benefits of destroying the Taishan bandits? Because of the Yuancheng incident, the emperor and the court must have been prepared, not to mention that Zhou Hu, he guessed our intention last time. Even if our army captures Yangping and Dongwuyang, the three parties will no longer allow us to get the food in the city. Since that is the case, why not join forces with the Taishan bandits and promise them to secretly provide food to us?"

“…”

Yang Xiong and Yang Mian looked at each other, frowned and pondered their brother's suggestions.

Indeed, even if they conquered Yangping, Dongwuyang, the emperor, and the court, Zhou Hu would no longer tolerate them getting food in the city. Therefore, attacking the Taishan bandits to regain Yangping and Dongwuyang cities would not have any substantial benefits for them; but on the contrary, if they secretly joined forces with the Taishan bandits and allowed the Taishan bandits to continue to occupy Yangping and Dongwuyang, the Taishan bandits could provide them with food.

The problem is...

"Will the bandits of Taishan agree?" Yang Mian said suspiciously: "We just occupied Yuancheng and killed thousands of his men..."

“They have no choice.”

Yang Wei said seriously: "If they don't agree, even if we can't wait, Zhouhu alone will be enough to wipe him out... We can make a promise to him and promise him to be prosperous and prosperous in the future."

"Well." Yang Xiong pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "You can give it a try."

Therefore, while using the excuse of "building a new camp in time", Yang Xiong suspended the attack on the Taishan bandits immediately, and sent his confidant Yangping to secretly contact the Taishan bandits.

At this time, Zhang Zhai, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng and others had retreated to Yangping and were nervously preparing to welcome the next wave of the Liangzhou army's offensive.

It has to be said that the battle in Yuancheng made these kings witness the strength gap between them and the Liangzhou army with their own eyes. Except for Zhang Zhai, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, and Wang Peng had all withdrawn, let alone the Southern Heavenly King Tao Xiu.

In a recent military parliament, the Tao Tianwang chattered and repeatedly said, "If I had known this, I would not have taken the risk at that time." Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng and others were upset.

Wang Peng slapped the table on the spot and said angrily: "What's the matter? At worst, I'll fight back to Mount Tai!"

Indeed, as far as they know, if they wanted to withdraw from Mount Tai, there would be only one resistance on the way to Li Hong, the commander of the Dongjun County, who was stationed in Cangtingjin, cut off the retreat of Taishan Yishi's retreat to the south of the Dahe River. But to be honest, this resistance was not very strong. Li Hong's Jin army would only have more than 10,000 troops if he died. As long as he fought hard, he might not be able to retake Cangtingjin.

The reason they did not act immediately was because they also heard about Yuancheng.

Didn’t they be surprised that when they retreated from Yuancheng, the Liangzhou Army did not send cavalry to pursue them? Afterwards, they found out that on that day, General Zhou Hu, one of the five tigers of the Chen Party, had a serious conflict with the brothers Yang Xiong and Yang Mian, commanders of the Liangzhou Army.

How serious is it? How serious is it that Liangzhou Army had no time to send cavalry to pursue them that day?

So Zhang Zhai used this incident to persuade the kings: "If the two generals of Jin, Zhou Hu and Yang Xiong are in conflict, may I gain any advantage in Taishan Yishi."

What advantages can this... take?

Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng, Tao Xiu and others were all skeptical, but they had to say that they were just letting them go out of Yangping and Dongwuyang in vain and fleeing back south of the river in a hurry. They were a little unwilling to think about it.

And just as they were hesitating, the envoy sent by Yang Xiong came to Yangping and secretly contacted Zhang Zhai and others.

The Liangzhou Army actually hopes to join forces with him, Taishan Yishi?

I have to say that when I learned the meaning of the Yang brothers, Zhang Zhai, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng, Tao Xiu and others were all very shocked, and suddenly felt a sense of absurdity that the sun hit the west.

You should know that just a few days ago, his Taishan Yishi fought fiercely with the Liangzhou army in Yuancheng, and both sides lost a lot of troops. However, just a few days later, the Liangzhou army actually sent people to contact them and negotiate a secret alliance. This...

Could it be that there is some trick?

But then he thought about it, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao and others rejected this speculation. The reason was very simple, because the Liangzhou army had enough strength to defeat them, and there was no need to use any tricks on the other side. The same was true for Zhou Hu on the other side.

After some discussion, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng and others discussed and decided to contact the Yang brothers first to see if it was profitable.

Zhang Zhai also supported the matter, but he immediately sent his confidant Shi Xu to Yecheng in private to report the matter to a certain General Zhou, and asked the latter for instructions.

The next day, Yang Wei came forward instead of his two brothers and came outside Yangping City.

After Zhang Zhai and others learned about it, they went out of the city to meet Yang Wei, and the two sides met in a forest outside the city.

After some greetings and politeness, Zhang Zhai asked Yang Wei: "Fifth Young Master, your side sent an envoy to tell us that we both stopped fighting and talked about peace. I wonder if it is true or false?"

Yang Wei replied with a smile: "Since I came here in person, Junshi Zhang thinks this matter is true or false?"

Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng and others who went together looked at each other and nodded slightly in their hearts.

Given that the Liangzhou army had enough strength to defeat them, there was indeed no need to send Yang Wei to do any tricks.

Out of caution, Zhu Wu asked seriously: "Zhu doesn't understand. Although we were still fighting a few days ago, why did the young master hope that we would stop the battle today?"

Yang Wei smiled and said, "Please believe that in fact, our Liangzhou army has no disgust towards all the righteous men. The reason why we led our army to attack was because we were ordered by the court..."

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Lu Liao asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Yang Wei shook his head and said, "It's not because we changed our minds. It's because the court treats our Liangzhou army unfairly. Our army is unwilling to work hard for it..."

"What is the so-called 'unfairness'?" Zhang Zhai asked.

Yang Wei thought about it and changed the incident that happened in Yuancheng that day and said aside with ignorance. In short, he pushed all the mistakes on a guy named Zhou. Zhu Wu, Wang Peng, Lu Liao and others were shocked.

You should know that as Zhou Hu's defeated general, Taishan Yishi never relaxed his attention to Zhou Hu, but they had never heard of Zhou Hu's robbery of their contributions.

Not to mention Zhang Zhai, who knew that General Zhou.

He smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not that Zhou Hu is robbing the credit, but he is guarding against the Gui army?"

Hearing this, Zhu Wu and his friends suddenly realized.

After all, they also knew that Yang Xiong and Yang Mian of the Liangzhou Army, including Yang Wei in front of them, were all the uncles of the third prince Li Qian, and they undoubtedly supported the third prince Li Qian. Therefore, the Jin court, including Zhou Hu, was always alert to the Western Liang Army, which was not difficult to understand.

Seeing that Zhang Zhai was exposed, Yang Wei didn't care. After all, this Tai bandit was not in Wei County for a long time, so it was hard to guarantee that he had heard of the relationship between the Yang family in Liangzhou and the third prince Li Qian.

He thought for a while and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, you don't avoid relatives. Although the third prince is the nephew of my brothers, it is undeniable that the third prince has more talent in governing the country than the crown prince Li Sheng. You are all heroes who care about the world. Why not contribute to the third prince? Yang Wei can make a promise that as long as you are willing to join the third prince, the third prince will not treat you badly in the future."

After hearing this recruitment, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng and others looked at each other, and they didn't expect that they were fighting and killing a few days ago, but today the other party proposed the intention of recruiting.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhai said respectfully, "Please allow me to think about it."

Yang Wei nodded and said, "Of course...but I hope you guys will make a decision as soon as possible."

After saying goodbye to Yang Wei, Zhang Zhai, Zhu Wu, Lu Liao, Wang Peng and others returned to Yangping and immediately discussed the matter.

None of them were stupid. Even if they only heard Yang Wei's words, they could hear that the Liangzhou army had the meaning of "helping the three high men to compete for the throne". The question is whether they would stand on the side of the Liangzhou army?

After some discussion, Wang Peng licked his lips first and said, "I think joining forces with the Liangzhou Army is a way out. First, we will take advantage of the Liangzhou Army to take the opportunity to retaliate against Zhou Hu, and second,... If the third prince Li Qian succeeds, we will rise to the top."

He was utilitarian and immediately saw the benefits of this matter.

However, Lu Liao retorted: "This is just a one-sided statement from Yang Wei. Who can guarantee that after the event is successful, then Yang Wei will keep his promise? What's more, the Liangzhou army may not be able to succeed... Is Zhou Hu so easy to deal with?"

Wang Peng laughed at him and didn't care about Lu Liao's opposition. After all, he knew very well that Lu Liao had only the Jiangdong Yishima in his heart, and only Zhao Bohu. Anyone who was not good for Jiangdong Yishima would oppose this.

Therefore, Wang Peng never thought of convincing Lu Liao. As long as he convinced Zhu Wu and Zhang Yi and Tao Xiu, there was no need to convince him. That guy would agree.

Facing Wang Peng's inquiry, Zhu Wu and Zhang Zhai both thought without saying a word. After a while, Zhu Wu asked Zhang Zhai, "What do you think of the military advisor?"

Zhang Zhai thought for a while and said, "If you refuse this, Zhou Hu and the Yang brothers are both enemies of my Taishan Yishi; but if you agree, the Yang brothers and their Liangzhou army will be our allies... Considering the current situation, Zhang tends to agree to Yang Wei. But as King Lu Tian said, Zhou Hu is definitely not a good person, even the Yang brothers may not succeed. Therefore, I think we might as well agree halfway and agree to join forces with the Yang brothers first. As for helping the third prince, we will see if the Liangzhou army can defeat Zhou Hu..."

This suggestion is very safe. Wang Peng and Zhu Wu both nodded in agreement, and Lu Liao had no choice but to do anything about it.

The next day, Zhang Zhai and others went out of the city again to meet Yang Wei and agreed to join forces with the Liangzhou army in private.

Yang Wei was not surprised at all about the replies of these kings. After all, just like he said, the bandits of Mount Tai had no choice.

On the same day, Yang Wei returned to Yuancheng and told his brothers Yang Xiong and Yang Mian about the reply from Taishan Yishi.

Although Yang Mian was happy that his younger brother came forward to persuade the bandits of Taishan, he could see that he did not look down on the bandits of Taishan. He snorted coldly when he heard this: "Although these people are quite sensible, they may not be able to help anything."

Yang Wei smiled and said, "It would be great that the bandits of Taishan can be used as the help on the cake. Why should the third brother be more demanding?"

Beside him, Yang Xiong also nodded slightly.

After all, what they need most is actually just to let the Taishan bandits provide them with military rations secretly. They have never expected this group of Taishan bandits to help them defeat Zhou Hu's army. Of course, it would be even better if the Taishan bandits could help.

The three brothers would never have thought that what they were conspiring would have reached Zhou Hu's ears in the evening that day.

On the evening of April 12, Zhang Zhai's confidant Shi Xu secretly sneaked into Yecheng from Yangping.

By the way, Shi Xu and his men were interrogated by Jin army and brigade wolf in the Zhangshui area on the way to Yecheng. However, Shi Xu claimed to be the black tiger crowd around General Zhou. Not to mention that the Jin army soldiers in the Zhangshui area did not dare to offend, even the suspected brigade wolf did not dare to make arbitrary claims. In the end, a team of brigade wolf brought these suspected spies to Yecheng and to He Shun.

Of course, He Shun recognized Shi Xu, and the saying "He is indeed my subordinate" proved Shi Xu's identity.

After the team of wolves left, Shi Xu immediately expressed his intention to the confidant around He Shun, the side of Chief Zhou: "Brother Zhang sent me here and report to Chief Zhou for important matters."

He Shun suppressed his hand and immediately brought Shi Xu to Zhao Yu, so Zhao Yu learned about the conspiracy between the Yang brothers.

I have to say that Zhao Yu also praised the actions of the Yang brothers "secretly connected" Taishan Yishi.

Just as Yang Wei listed Yang Xiong and Yang Mian, Zhao Yu immediately thought of the benefits of the Liangzhou army secretly uniting the bandits of Mount Tai.

He asked Shi Xu with a smile, "Is it Yang Wei's idea?"

"I don't know this." Shi Xu shook his head and said truthfully: "When Brother Zhang sent me here, the Yang brothers only sent one messenger."

"It must be Yang Wei..." Zhao Yu nodded with a chuckle.

After all, during this period, he had had several dealings with the brothers Yang Xiong, Yang Mian and Yang Wei.
To be continued...