Chapter 346 The helpless choice
With Huo Yi thrown away, Chang'an is facing a huge danger. Linghu's army may march in at any time, and Chang'an is in panic. But in the blink of an eye, Shuzhong was captured again, which gave everyone a way out. For a while, the morale of everyone present was greatly boosted. They all expressed to Wei Zhengdao that they would do their best to defend Chang'an and the Great Qin State. Never let rebellious officials and traitors like Ling Huye enter Chang'an and cause trouble in the imperial court.
After expressing their loyalty, everyone left one after another.
Whether it is the loss of Huoyi or the capture of Shuzhong, this is a major event that has a significant impact on the current situation. After everyone goes back, they must digest, evaluate, and plan the next action. Missteps lead to eternal regrets.
But one thing is certain, with the capture of Shuzhong, there is no need to rush to jump on the Wei family ship.
Because now this swaying ship has miraculously stabilized.
You can take another look before talking about it.
After everyone left and only He Bing and Wei Zhengdao were left in the room, He Bing's face, which had been full of smiles just now, suddenly turned cold, and his stern look filled his heart. The joyful Wei Zhengdao felt his heart skip a beat.
"What's going on?" he asked in a deep voice. "Could it be that the recapture of Shuzhong is a lie and you are just using it to boost morale? This can't be hidden for long."
He Bing shook his head and said: "That's not true, Shuzhong was indeed recovered. It's just that But there is one person who is deeply involved, which makes me wonder, is Shuzhong ours or his?”
Wei Zhengdao frowned: "What happened? Who was involved?"
"The Protector of the Beiting Protectorate, Li Dachui!" He Bing said one word at a time: "He entered the customs quietly. And he participated in the matter in Shuzhong."
Wei Zhengdao's face suddenly changed: "Wu De?"
He Bing nodded: "It's not just Wu De, I'm afraid Zhang Songlin is also like this. Like! They should all be colluding with Li Dachui. I even suspect that the plan to seize Shuzhong was planned by Li Dachui, because neither Wu De nor Zhang Songlin, judging from their past, are simply incapable of planning such an exquisite plan. The big plan!”
Wei Zhengdao sat down on the chair with a bang.
"Wu De led the army to attract Tang Xiaofeng at Jianmen Pass, while Li Dachui led a small group of elites to take the Yinping Trail, cross the Motian Ridge, and raid Jiangyou Pass. Then he gathered the strength of our Black Ice Platform that has been operating in Shuzhong for many years, and then went to Mianzhu , and finally went straight to Chengdu!" He Bing stroked his forehead and said: "Hei Bingtai's power has been operating in Shuzhong since the time of Kou Dayin, but it finally became Li Dachui's help."
"Is the news true? " Wei Zhengdao asked.
He Bing nodded: "Of course, the Black Ice Platform lurkers in Sichuan have my confidants. He even witnessed Li Dachui showing his innate master's cultivation in Mianzhu, breaking the door with one punch, and thousands of Mianzhu officers and soldiers He was so frightened that he didn't dare to make any resistance and surrendered directly."
"Is Li Dachui an innate master?" Wei Zhengdao shouted and stood up.
He Bing nodded with a heavy expression.
With a bang, Wei Zhengdao sat back again: "Hong Zhan came back and told me that there was an innate master who led the main force of the inspection team to capture Mianzhu. I thought this innate master was your black ice platform's trump card. Mr. Kou Zhong is the best He is good at doing such things. It turns out that it is Li Dachui."
"After Dayin's death, there are no more innate masters in He Bingtai!" He Bing sighed: "How rare are there? If so, we will still hide him after Dayin dies? We must make it public and let everyone know that Hei Bingtai still has strength."
Wei Zhengdao fell silent.
"So, Wu De and Zhang Songlin started colluding with Li Dachui very early on."
"It should be, or it should be the time when Wu De sent Zhang Ruo to go outside the customs!" He Bing said: "Wu De seems to have no scheming, but unexpectedly he is the one who hides the deepest in our Black Ice Platform. Even Dayin was deceived by him. He actually gave him the power to inspect the world and asked him to form an inspection team. With strong military strength, in the end, even I had to act according to his eyes.”
"I'm afraid there is also the shadow of Li Dachui behind this!" Wei Zhengdao took a deep breath. After the initial panic, he had calmed down now.
“What should we do now?” He Bing said.
"What else can we do? Shuzhong is controlled by Li Dachui, and it is not controlled by Linghuye. Now we still have common interests with Li Dachui!" Wei Zhengdao said slowly: "Without his plan, we It is estimated that we will not be able to capture Shuzhong. Now that Huo Yi has been lost, the situation we face will be much worse!"
"You mean that we continue to cooperate with Li Dachui? Are those plans still going ahead?"
"What if?" Wei Zhengdao sighed: "Li Dachui's current power is still outside the pass. He has not completely controlled the pass. Although Beiyuan is divided. Three, but the strength still exists, so Li Dachui is now thinking about solving these things first, and before that, he needs someone to drag down a force like Linghuye, who cannot let Linghuye succeed in one fell swoop and wear him down. Therefore, we still have a basis for cooperation.”
"It's just that this person is too scheming. Every time I think of his plans, I shudder!" He Bing looked at Wei Zheng and said: "Prime Minister Wei, you are seeking skin from a tiger!"
"Now, whether it is seeking skin from a tiger or from Dances with wolves, we don't have a choice!" Wei Zhengdao looked at the other party and said, "Didn't you see that those people were so happy when they heard that Shuzhong had been captured today? I want to go there from tomorrow on? There will definitely be an endless stream of carriages on the roads in Shuzhong, and these people will move their family members and property there one after another."
"Will Zhang Quanyi defect to Linghuye?" He Bing said suddenly. . "Since the prince died outside Chang'an City, Zhang Quanyi's attitude towards us has become ambiguous."
"Others may defect to Linghuye, but Zhang Quanyi will not!" Wei Zhengdao said with certainty: " Think about it, how many wealthy families were wiped out by Zhang Quanyi in Hedong and Hexi, but it was ultimately his fault. If things go wrong, he can't. And who is Linghuye? Linghuye is the representative of aristocratic families. Through a series of marriages and other means, the aristocratic families are deeply entangled with each other. Zhang Quanyi Isn’t he a fool who defected to Linghuye and waited for the wealthy family to come to settle matters with him in the future? "In that case, he will definitely stick to Luoyang!" "He is sitting in Luokou Cang, Liyang." There is enough food in the warehouse!" Wei Zhengdao snorted: "When He Zudao left, he left these two warehouses, which is of profound significance. Next year, the importance of these granaries will be revealed. ”
"That's true!" He Bing said: "Zhang Jijiu from Qintian Prison told me that there will be a severe drought in the whole world next year!"
"In troubled times, natural disasters occur again and again. Then, in the next two years, having food is the key!" Wei Zhengdao said coldly: "Chang'an has enough food reserves, and the next emptying plan will drive away some irrelevant people. As long as we don't make mistakes, we can survive even for five or ten years, not to mention one or two years. As long as we are strong enough, we can defeat most of the enemies, despite Linghuye's murderous attitude and catastrophe! At the same time, there will be problems with his logistics supply. So now, we must cooperate with Li Dachui. We can even publicize this. I want to see if Linghuye knows that I have an alliance with Li Dachui. Are you worried that the army from outside the Pass will suddenly enter the Pass and seize his Hedong and Hexi?"
He Bing exhaled, and this was the same reason.
From this perspective, Li Dachui has captured Shuzhong, and Linghuye should be more anxious, right?
But what to do next?
Chang'an was at the front fighting life and death, while Li Dachui was quietly making a fortune in Shu. When the dust settled, his strength waxed and waned. Who was the leader and who was the deputy?
It seems that Chief Wei now has no choice but to move forward. Even though he knows that the road ahead is a cliff, he can only stride forward.
Because if you stay still, you will die quickly.
Although there is a cliff ahead, there may be a path, a ladder, and a rope on the edge of the cliff, and another way to survive may be found.
This is probably the road that a car must take to reach the mountain, and there is another village with dark flowers and bright trees?
It’s just that people like He Bing are really not used to and don’t like this kind of unclear planning for the future and moving forward blindfolded!
He rode his horse and walked slowly on the street. When he looked up suddenly, he suddenly found that he had walked outside Zhang Ruo's mansion without knowing it.
The Zhang family's mansion is the base camp of foreign forces in Chang'an. Zhang Qingyun is Li Dachui's representative in Chang'an. This matter is no longer a secret.
What are you doing here?
He Bing took a deep look at the lintel of Zhang House, whipped it down, and sped off.
If there was no Wu De, then he should go up and knock on the door today and have a good talk with Zhang Qingyun about cooperation.
But Wu De had already taken one step ahead, no, it should have been several steps.
If I go there at this time, where will I be?
After Dayin died, Black Ice Terrace was no longer Black Ice Terrace.
The divisions had begun long ago.
Zhang Quanyi controls the military power outside, and the power of Black Ice Platform in his hands has been integrated into the army.
Wu De has laid hidden stakes for many years and has a strong intelligence collection force. Now he has an army, and his strength is not weaker than Zhang Quanyi.
On the other hand, I, the nominal Great Yin of the Black Ice Platform, only have a false name, and the power he can control is not worth mentioning.
The only one that can still be put on the table is Chang'an Black Ice Platform.
These powers that were directly controlled by Kou Zhong before were now completely in his own hands.
The next step is a question worth thinking about.
Back home, his younger brother He Yu hurriedly greeted him, "Brother, we have a visitor!"
Looking at He Yu's expression, He Bing felt a little strange.
“Who is it?”
"Brother, you will know it when you see it!"
He Bing was led into the small reception hall and was surprised when he saw the person coming.
"Why is it you?"
(End of this chapter)