The Golden Age Chapter 939: Behind the master

"Will you help me make a decision?"

Shen Xuangan smiled and said: "Zhou Hongji is dead, and now the life and death of Montenegro are in your hands. It is up to you to decide where to go. Let them continue to be bandits on the mountain or find another way, I think The second brother has already made a decision in his heart. If Zhou Hongji is not dead, it will be difficult for you to make a decision. Now that he is dead, you have no retreat."

"Which way do you want Montenegro to take?"

"Second brother went to see Qin Xiao this time, what was the result?" Shen Xuangan asked, "Does the second brother want to use Qin Xiao's hand to let the court recruit Montenegro?"

Xuanyuan said indifferently, "Could it be that you've already thought about Zhaoan?"

"Qin Xiao once mentioned that he wanted to incorporate the Black Mountain Army?" Shen Xuangan asked Xuanyuan Chong, staring into his eyes.

Xuanyuan Chong's body shook, and his color changed slightly.

He went to see Qin Xiao alone, and the best result he thought of was that the court could allow the Black Mountain people to migrate into the customs. As for being included by the Long Ruijun, he didn't even dare to think about it, after all, it was a bit weird.

Qin Xiao also instructed that the matter of incorporating the Black Hand Army should not be disclosed for the time being, so Xuanyuan Chong thought that very few people knew about it.

But Shen Xuangan said it, naturally Xuanyuanchong was shocked.

His first reaction was that Shen Xuangan might have been in contact with Qin Xiao a long time ago, and Shen Xuangan had already received news from Qin Xiao regarding the subsequent resettlement of Heishan.

"It seems that Qin Xiao is really preparing to incorporate the Black Mountain Army." Shen Xuangan saw Xuanyuanchong's reaction, and he was obviously said to it. Courage is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people."

Xuanyuan Chong stared at Shen Xuangan and asked: "How do you know he will incorporate Black Mountain?"

"The Liaodong Army regards the four northeastern counties as forbidden areas. How many years have the imperial court have other soldiers and soldiers to enter the northeastern territory?" Shen Xuangan smiled lightly: "This time the imperial court suddenly dispatched Long Ruijun. Coming to the northeast, doesn't the second brother think that there is a lot of meaning behind it?"

Xuanyuan frowned slightly, but did not speak.

"Xiling is lost. If today's saint wants to stay in the history, he must retake Xiling." Shen Xuan said: "Before regaining Xiling, the court must first consider whether other surrounding forces will take advantage of it. In southern Xinjiang, there is the defense of the Southern Army and the four northern towns of the Tusun tribes. As long as the Central Plains is not chaotic, the Northeast is the biggest threat to the imperial court among other forces. I'm not just talking about Bohai, but perhaps in the imperial heart. In fact, the Liaodong Army is a more threatening existence than the Bohai State."

"Do you think the court has long been prepared for the Liaodong Army?"

"If not, the Long Rui Army would not come to the Northeast." Shen Xuangan smiled indifferently, and said: "Second brother, although the Liaodong Army is nominally Datang’s soldiers and horses, they have long been rooted in the Northeast. Finance and power are all in their hands. All officials in the Northeast have deep ties to the Liaodong Army. This situation is actually no different from independent self-reliance. A famine occurred in the Northeast, and the court adjusted grain to rescue them. Almost none of the grain fell on the victims. In their hands, they were all swallowed by the Liaodong Army. How could the court not know this? But the court did not pursue any investigation. You watched the relief food being greeted by the Liaodong Army. Do you think the court did not want to pursue it?"

Xuanyuanchong frowned and said: "Naturally not."

"My eldest brother is right. It's not that the court doesn't want to pursue it, but the court doesn't dare to pursue it." Shen Xuan exclaimed, "Compared with the four northeast counties, both the population and wealth of Xiling three counties are much lower, two

Brother, if you are the emperor, make a choice, would you rather lose Xiling or lose the Northeast? "

Xuanyuan Chong's lips moved slightly without making a sound.

"In fact, this choice is not difficult." Shen Xuan said with a serious sense: "The court will never dare to lose the Northeast."

"What do you mean by this?"

Shen Xuan said with a smile: "It is rumored that Qin Xiao went out to train soldiers in the name of regaining Xiling Mo's troops. Do you think this banner is true or false? In my opinion, three points are true and seven points are false. Playing this name is just to deceive the Liaodong Army."

"Blind the Liaodong Army?"

"The real purpose of training soldiers is not at Xiling, but directly at the Liaodong Army." Shen Xuan felt solemnly said: "In the name of training soldiers, they can leave the customs. As long as this soldier settles in the northeast, it will be effective. Limiting the role of the Liaodong Army. The foundation of the Liaodong Army in the Northeast is too deep. If you want to solve the Liaodong Army, it cannot be done overnight, but slowly infiltrated. The Long Rui Army is a nail that the imperial court can pierce into the Northeast. Even the Long Rui Army will eventually end up. The Liaodong Army cannot be replaced by the court, but as long as the Long Rui Army exists, the Liaodong Army will not be able to completely control the Northeast, and the four northeastern counties will still be the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"For this reason, do you think Qin Xiao will certainly incorporate the Black Mountain Army?"

Shen Xuan said with a smile: "This may be just the beginning. As long as it is singing the opposite stage with the Liaodong Army, Qin Xiao will vigorously win over. The Black Mountain Army is the thorn in the Liaodong Army. The role of Qin Xiao will be greater. We are incompatible with the Liaodong Army, and we have been fighting with the Liaodong Army for many years. We are more familiar with the Liaodong Army than the Long Ruijun. Qin Xiao is a smart man. Of course, he understands that the advantages of incorporating us outweigh the disadvantages. And we joined Long Rui. The army, there will be no retreat, he does not have to worry that we will rebel."

Xuanyuanchong sneered and said: "It seems that you are thinking about the following things clearly."

"I didn't think it was clear, but all this was what I wanted." Shen Xuangan looked at Xuanyuanchong and exclaimed: "The original purpose of our uprising was to eradicate the scourge of the Liaodong Army, but After so many years, although many victories have been won, they are getting farther and farther away from the original wish. Now that the Long Rui army has come to the northeast, their purpose is no different from ours, and they must be the enemy of the Liaodong army, the enemy of the enemy. We are friends, so if we can be incorporated by the Long Rui army, we can just show our ambitions to eradicate the evils of the Liaodong army for the people of the four northeast counties." After a pause, we continued: "In order to achieve this goal, get rid of it. For a mediocre person like Zhou Hongji, this is a matter of course."

Xuanyuanchong stared at Shen Xuangan and said, "This is your motive for betraying Black Mountain?"

"I have said everything that should be said." Shen Xuangan said with a smile: "Since the second brother has reached an agreement with Long Ruijun, the brothers in Black Mountain have also found a real way out, so I am dead now. It’s life, it’s not important. If the second brother thinks that my tactics are stigmatizing, provoking the relationship between you and Zhou Hongji, and even killing the second sister-in-law and many brothers in Montenegro, you can take action right now and cut off my head with a single knife. There will never be any complaints." At this point, he lifted the wine altar and drank the last bit of wine. Then he threw the wine altar away, raised his neck, closed his eyes, and looked like he would be slaughtered.

Xuanyuan stood up slowly, and said lightly: "It's easy to kill you, but let's remember this account first. If one day you go against your original intentions and betray your brother, I will personally take your head. "Don't talk nonsense, turn around and leave.

Looking at the back of Xuanyuanchong's departure, Shen Xuangan let out a long sigh.

Walking to the window, looking at the whiteness outside, Shen Xuan gazes for a long time, until there is a slight sound of footsteps behind him, he turns around, and suddenly there is another person behind him, wearing a cotton jacket and a cotton cap , The thick coat and hat completely wrapped her body and couldn't show her figure, but her face was as white as jade, her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright, and her brows exuded a charming amorous feeling.

"Congratulations." A small smile appeared at the corner of the person's mouth: "It seems that you have a deep understanding of Xuanyuanchong, and he didn't act on you."

Shen Xuangan bowed slightly, and said, "If it were not for your strategy, things would not go so smoothly. Xuanyuan Chong takes the word friendship very seriously, and I let him know that everything I do is for Black Mountain. , He will never attack me." A faint smile said: "A person has a weakness, as long as there is a weakness, you can use it."

"Qin Xiao promised to accept the Black Mountain Army?" the man asked.

"Although Xuanyuanchong did not admit it, he should have reached an agreement with Qin Xiao." Shen Xuan said, "Everything is as you expected." After a pause, he finally said, "Although everything is in accordance with you. The arrangement was made, but I still don’t understand why you tried so hard to help Qin Xiao, do you really want to bet on him?"

The person said lightly: "You seem to have forgotten, it's not that I want to help Qin Xiao, it's all Mr. Da's meaning."

"Because of this, I can't figure it out even more." Shen Xuangan frowned and said: "Qin Xiao is a member of the court, and his loyalty is the Demon Empress Xiahou. We should take advantage of his unstable footing and eradicate him. "After a pause, he said: "Last time Du Zitong led the night attack, if we did not send out the news, Long Ruijun would be caught off guard, and he would inevitably suffer heavy losses."

"There are many things that we can't just look at the immediate benefits." The man said calmly: "Mr. Da is arranged in this way, he naturally has his plans. We only need to act according to his instructions."

Shen Xuan felt thoughtful, his lips moved slightly, but he stopped talking.

"What do you want to say?"

"I only hope Qin Xiao won't let us down." Shen Xuan said calmly.

The woman cast her gaze out of the window and murmured: "He never disappoints."

After a huge change, Montenegro seems to have restored its former calm, even on the Baimuzhai side, it looks very peaceful.

But Du Zitong's heart is restless.

He sent a few people to sneak down the mountain. Naturally, he already knew that Xuanyuanchong was alive and well, and even the other villages had already obeyed Xuanyuanchong's command. The worst thing was that Du Zitong was also expecting Black Mountain's first fierce general Zhou Yuanbao to be able to fight with him. Together, if Baimuzhai and Honghuozhai join hands, they may not be able to reverse the situation.

But the news he got, even Zhou Yuanbao belonged to Xuanyuan Chong.

This made him scold for a few days, cursing Zhou Yuanbao to die without a burial place, but after a few days, he suddenly understood that Zhou Yuanbao might not die without a burial place, but he might really die. .

Xuanyuanchong did not send troops to attack the mountain as Du Zitong expected, but only sent some rangers to explore the Baimuzhai mountain day and night, obviously watching the movement of the mountain under the mountain.

Bai Muzhai blocked all the roads into the mountain tightly and airtight. Even if Xuanyuanchong sent troops to attack, Du Zitong would be sure to defend it, but he soon understood that keeping it this way was just a dead end, because Baimuzhai There is not much food left in the country, and it will not last for two days.