But in his heart, he still felt that he should give Bai Congxin a deputy.

Zhang Zhao is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that Bai Congxin will be too impulsive and will rashly do bad things.

It's just..., I'm a little undecided about choosing Zhang Zhao.

Because Murong Nobunaga has not returned from Tokyo yet, it is highly unlikely that he will be able to come back before departure.

Li Cunhui is still observing his filial piety, and it is hard to say whether he will be able to catch up with the first batch to set off as a pioneer.

Ma Shacai was once Bai Congxin's subordinate. If Bai Congxin goes crazy, he probably won't be able to stop him.

Not to mention Huang Yingda, although he was as famous as Bai Congxin back then, after Huang Yingda chose the wrong path, the status difference between him and Bai Congxin is now too big.

Li Xiaojie is a suitable candidate, but he is a member of the Jinyi Envoy. If he is sent there, he will be more like a military supervisor. It is clear that he does not trust him and is not suitable.

After all the calculations, Qiongre Duojin may be more suitable, but this person is better at rushing and killing, and leading troops is not his strong point. Maybe he will be persuaded by Bai Congxin when something happens.

Headache!

However, compared to the headaches faced by the cavalry team on the north route, it is much easier on the south route.

The total number of troops sent was only 4,500, 3,500 mounted infantry, and 1,000 rangers.

Zhang Zhao plans to directly appoint Feng Hui as the commander of the army. This veteran has been on the battlefield since the days of Li Cunxu. He will have no problem commanding 4,000 people.

It also shows that Zhang Zhao has great trust in him, even his confidants such as Man Xiong, Dunzhu, and Wang Tongtong are given his command.

During the discussion, Li Xiaojie suddenly ran in and whispered a few words into Zhang Zhao's ear. Zhang Zhao immediately took a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Bai Congxin.

"I believe you will preside over this military meeting, and all marching bachelors will take notes."

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what was going on. After listening for less than a while, Zhang Zhao suddenly shouted and cursed angrily.

"If you don't know what is good or bad, then kill them all! Leave no one behind!"

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In Suzhou, at the foot of a mountain alone, under the cool moonlight, a caravan of more than a hundred people had been slaughtered.

Except for a few leaders who left torture information, no one was left alive.

Even some warriors wearing body armor were checking the identities of the deceased one by one.

The reason for Zhang Zhao's anger was precisely this caravan.

On the surface, they appear to be a large caravan coming from the Land of Seven Rivers to trade in Chang'an. There are all kinds of people in it, including Shatuo people, Geluolu people, and even Persians.

However, in fact, Jielipijia, the Uighur king of Gaochang, secretly sent an envoy to the Central Plains and Khitan.

They originally planned to go north to Juyanhai after passing Suzhou City, and then take a detour to Khitan and Jin respectively.

It's not that the Liang Kingdom didn't allow the Gaochang Uighur caravan to pass, but they still wanted to be so secretive, so naturally they were preparing to move reinforcements.

"Two thousand six hundred and thirty-two for white mink skin, two hundred and fifty for black mink skin, five hundred and three hundred for green mink skin, and one thousand three hundred for white cotton cloth.

Fifty pieces each of jade stone, jade bottle, jade stone, jade bridle, jade belt, and jade axe, and nine pounds of amber.

Twenty pieces of ivory, sixty pieces of emerald, one hundred pearls (pearls), Coptis root, a hundred catties each of fragrant medicine and frankincense."

The more Qiongre Duojin thought about it, the angrier he became, and he sneered.

"This Jieli Pijia really spent a lot of money! This must be worth 30,000 guan, right? He is still willing to be a vassal, and there will be no tribute of no less than 20,000 guan.

This hawk-dog slave has made a lot of money by relying on the King of Heaven to open up trade routes. Not only does he not come to honor the King of Heaven, but he also calls himself shameless and arrogantly calls himself the King of Heaven. When Gaochang City is destroyed, he will be cut into pieces with a thousand swords."

The surrounding guards who were responsible for killing this caravan disguised as Gaochang Uighur envoys were also furious and cursed at the dead bodies on the ground.

Their mentality is the common mentality in Liang Kingdom.

They felt that Zhang Zhao had finally opened up the trade route, but the Gaochang Uighurs did nothing and just shared half of the benefits.

He didn't come and pay the protection fee immediately, he recognized himself as a vassal, he didn't pay homage every year, and he dared to close the door and claim to be the King of Heaven. This is simply an unparalleled example.

In fact, even the point of Zhang Zhao's anger lies here. These Jieli Pika are so ignorant!

On the surface, it seems like he is burying his head in the sand, while secretly looking for helpers everywhere.

If Chen Tingxiao of the Chen family hadn't sent the message through Wu Yuan'er, Zhang Zhao wouldn't have known that this envoy disguised as a caravan was about to pass through Suzhou.

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Zhang Zhao killed the Gaochang Uighur envoys in Suzhou, and the Khitan envoys were not much better treated in the Later Jin Dynasty.

After Qiao Ying arrived in Luoyang, Shi Chonggui looked around and talked to Qiao Ying. He said he was in a hurry and walked away.

Near the posthouse where the Khitan envoys lived, there were often soldiers wielding sharp swords and waving insults. Both Han and Khitan people in the envoys were very frightened.

Qiao Ying had no choice but to stay outside Daning Palace every day.

Shi Chonggui, who was eager to canonize Feng as his queen, had no choice but to summon him again. When Qiao Ying came to see him, Jing Yanguang was standing in front of Shi Chonggui.

Jing Yanguang looked at Qiao Ying arrogantly. Since he talked with Murong Nobunaga, he felt a little more confident.

As long as the Liang Kingdom does not go to Guanzhong and only deals with the Khitan and Liao Kingdom, he is still confident.

Jing Yanguang privately believed that with the three families currently standing side by side, if the Khitan took over the Central Plains, the next thing they would do would be an attack on the Liang Kingdom from the north and the south.

Therefore, the Liang Kingdom would never dare to help the Khitan. Instead, they needed to be afraid that the Khitan would take over the Central Plains.

Moreover, he believed that Murong Nobunaga was right in saying that he, Jing Yanguang, could only maintain power by holding up the banner of resisting the Khitan.

If he really wants to make peace with the Khitan, just like Murong Nobunaga said, where will his Jing Yanguang have a foothold?

So when faced with Qiao Ying's threat of war between the two countries, Jing Yanguang frowned and shouted loudly.

"The Jin Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of people sharpening their swords. If the old man wants to fight, he will come. In the future, he will not be able to stop his grandson and make fun of the world."

I, the Jin Dynasty, have a hundred thousand men sharpening swords. As a grandfather, Yelu Deguang, if you insist on coming to fight, if you cannot defeat your grandson, the world will laugh at you.

Qiao Ying, the Khitan envoy, knew that a war between the two countries was inevitable and that the mission had failed.

But he had another mission: to find out who was swaying Shi Chonggui? He finally got the answer.

However, Qiao Ying was still a very clumsy old man. When he heard what Jing Yanguang said, he deliberately kept his attitude low, as if he was afraid that Liao and Jin would lose their happiness.

"If you say this, my Lord may not believe it, please write it down on paper and report it to the Emperor!" Qiao Ying is asking for evidence of Jing Yanguang's crime!

However, Jing Yanguang was distracted and did not realize the importance of this thing at all.

Without waiting for Shi Chonggui's instructions, he asked the clerk in the palace to write these words on paper and asked Qiao Ying to take them back to Khitan.

Qiao Ying took the letter and immediately left the palace without delay, mounted her horse and ran towards the Khitan territory.

At the same time, Liu Zhiyuan from Hedong Town was still paying attention to all this.

Unlike other people in history who rushed to seek refuge with the Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan seemed to see the throne waving to him at this moment.

He was well aware of Yelu Deguang's ambitions. If there was no conflict, he would create friction in order to go south.

Now that Shi Chonggui and Jing Yanguang have given the Khitans such leverage, war is about to begin.

But just when Liu Zhiyuan wanted to discuss it with Guo Wei, he remembered that Guo Wei was not around.

Because Guo Wei's wife, and even his benefactor Chai, is terminally ill, Guo Wei now stays by Chai's side at all times.

Mrs. Chai didn't expect that her words came true. Ever since she wrote to ask Guo Rong to come back, she really fell ill.

But at this time, Mr. Chai showed a very far-sighted and independent side.

She supported the sick body, took Guo Wei's hand and asked, "Has Brother Rong come back?"

Guo Wei thought she wanted Guo Rong to come back quickly, so he held Chai's hand and nodded.

"I will immediately send more military academies and servants to wait at various intersections. When I see Brother Rong, I will tell him to come back quickly."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Chai shook his head firmly, "I am about to die and cannot delay Brother Rong's future.

He was favored by the King of Heaven in Liang Kingdom, and his future prospects were limitless. If he returned to Hedong, he would never have this opportunity again.

Ask my brother to let someone report that I am fine and have gone back to Xingzhou to visit my relatives, and let him go back to Liangguo."

Guo Wei quickly agreed and was going to send someone to stop Guo Rong and prevent him from coming back.

Unfortunately, the person who sent the order met Guo Rong who had returned before leaving Jinyang City.

Mrs. Chai looked at Guo Rong, who had been traveling for days and had a dusty look on his face, with an extremely guilty look on his face.

"Brother Rong, I'm in good health. You should go back to Hexi quickly!"

Sure enough, he shook his head resolutely and said, "My mother is seriously ill, how can I leave again? Fame, wealth and fortune are all destined by God, how can I compare to fulfilling my filial piety at my mother's knees?"

Mrs. Chai also shed a lot of tears, "If I die, you must keep your filial piety. The Liang Kingdom is thousands of miles away from here, and it was me who harmed you!"

After saying that, he held Guo Rong's head and cried loudly. Guo Wei, who only cried, was also very sad.

Guo Wei knew even more that not only would Guo Rong have to keep his filial piety after returning, but also because both Zhang Zhao and Liu Zhiyuan had the idea of ​​​​entering the Central Plains to compete for the throne.

These two are competitors.

He, Guo Wei, is now Liu Zhiyuan's confidant. It is definitely impossible for Guo Rong to go to Liangzhou, Hexi and serve Zhang Zhao again.
Chapter completed!