Chapter 565: Desperate
Kuaiji, Juzhang County Pier
Penglai Restaurant
Xie Zhan stood in the box, his brows heavy, looking out at the vast blue waves, but it was a pity that such a beautiful scenery could not make him happy.
He already knew about Zhuya Island, and looking back at the performance of Pingzhou's expeditionary army, all signs showed that Pingzhou had never believed in the covenant between them, but was on guard against him everywhere.
"It's a pity for the three million silver and the timber given before." Jiang Boya said.
Xie Nan felt very distressed when he thought of this, it was really a meat bun hitting a dog. At the same time, they also realized the cunning of Lu Songli again. The bait was swallowed, but the work was not done.
If Lu Songli knew what they thought, he would definitely say that Pingzhou didn't get much money, and it was all earned by the friendly army.
At this time, the subordinates reported, "Grand Commander, the guests have arrived."
Wang Juntao is here? Xie Zhan retracted his gaze and took his people to the next door. It doesn't matter if Pingzhou doesn't take the bait, he still has a backhand.
Wang Juntao didn't know the purpose of Xie Zhan's invitation, but Xie Zhan was now the commander-in-chief of Dali's army, so he couldn't let him down, so he brought his subordinates with him.
But he knew that there was no good banquet. So, he was very alert to deal with it.
After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, Xie Zhan told his purpose.
With the support of the emperor, Xie Zhan wanted to control the spare ships of the Cao Gang and cut off the supply of the Pingzhou army led by Qin Zhao.
His purpose was simple. If Pingzhou didn't want to join the game, he would drag them into it.
Without supplies, the army of Pingzhou would be like a turtle in a jar, waiting to be eaten.
"I hope the Cao Gang will cooperate with the court's anti-bandit operation and suspend all shipping for one month."
Of course, Wang Juntao couldn't accept it.
"General Xie, the Cao Gang cannot meet your request. Many of the Cao Gang's deals have already been settled, and many customers are waiting for us to pick up and deliver the goods on time."
If the operation is suspended for a month, not to mention the money lost in this month, the reputation of the Cao Gang will also be seriously damaged.
Xie Nan said at this time, "Boss Wang, the court does not care about your Cao Gang's previous secret exchanges and cooperation with Pingzhou. You should be more tactful now."
Years of reputation are about to be destroyed, Wang Juntao's face is very ugly, but he still wants to try.
"The court wants to suppress bandits, and our Cao Gang will definitely cooperate. I promise that our Cao Gang will not do business in Pingzhou." Wang Juntao stated.
Xie Zhan knew that the Cao Gang and Pingzhou cooperated closely. Such a statement was not enough, he did not want Pingzhou to take advantage of any loopholes.
So Xie Zhan said, "Boss Wang, the court has no choice but to do this. The Pingzhou rebels are cunning and we have to guard against them. I hope Boss Wang can understand."
Wang Juntao saw that the court was determined to do this, regardless of the life and death of the Cao Gang.
He finally said, "General Xie, is there really no other way?"
"If there is, I don't want to embarrass Boss Wang."
The court has to do this, right? Wang Juntao's anger had reached its peak at this time, but he tried his best to control it, "Okay, as the leader of the Cao Gang, I agree, as you wish!"
As he said, Wang Juntao stood up and walked out, but was stopped unexpectedly.
Wang Juntao looked at Xie Zhan, "General Xie, what do you mean?"
"How about Boss Wang temporarily staying in Juzhang for a month?"
Wang Juntao's face was very ugly. Xie Zhan clearly wanted to put him under house arrest.
"Thank you, Grand Commander, is this your way of entertaining guests?"
"Boss Wang, this is the emperor's order, everything is for the court." Xie Zhan put the blame on the emperor.
"Okay, I, Wang, will learn from you."
Xie Zhan naturally saw Wang Juntao's dissatisfaction, but everything was to ensure that his plan could be implemented.
The court army attacked Donghai with great momentum. Now the two counties of Xin'an County and the entire Kuaiji have been captured. He will not allow his plan to go wrong!
After Wang Juntao and his party were invited to leave, his subordinates hurried to the restaurant with a letter.
"Grand Commander, it's not good. Yanmen Dai County has been breached, and the Sun family army has been annihilated."
What? Xie Zhan snatched the letter and read it at a glance. After reading it, he frowned and murmured, "Is it still too late?"
"Grand Commander, what happened?" Jiang Boya asked.
Xie Zhan gave him the letter, and Jiang Boya saw that the Sun family army was completely wiped out, Yanmen was occupied by the Xianbei, and Dai County was taken by Pingzhou.
The two looked at each other, and the worst situation still happened.
They originally expected that the best situation would be that Yang Yingqin led the army to the north to support the Sun family army in time, even if they fell into a protracted war with the Xianbei. He and Dong Guowei, Wei Kuang and the garrisons in Xuzhou would encircle and suppress the King of Jin and Qin Zhao and others.
Once the war in the East China Sea is over, there will be more troops to support Pingzhou.
Now, plans cannot keep up with changes.
"General, what should we do now?"
Xie Zhan thought for a long time and said, "Act according to the plan. Yang Yingqin took 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers to defend Xinxing, and he should be able to resist for a while. The most important thing is that Pingzhou has picked the peaches of the Xianbei, and the Xianbei will definitely not give up. The Xianbei and Pingzhou will definitely fight. Let's take advantage of this time to complete the goal as soon as possible!"
"Yes!"
As Xie Zhan expected, the Xianbei and Pingzhou fought in Dai County. But the battle ended unexpectedly quickly.
The Xianbei general attacked the day after Pingzhou took over Dai County. They had only one idea, to see if they could take over Dai County while Pingzhou was still under control.
The soldiers of Pingzhou who were guarding the city followed the orders from their superiors and directly hung a group of Buyeo people on the city wall.
These soldiers were hanging while muttering.
"You want to attack the city, right? Attack!"
"Anyway, the people hanging on it are you Hu people. If you accidentally kill them or they fall down, they will grow up like this."
After the Xianbei soldiers recognized that the people hanging on the city wall were their people, they looked at each other in bewilderment. How could they attack the city? !
"Why does Pingzhou always come up with such insidious ideas?" Tuoba Yu gritted his teeth and said.
"It's really crazy, despicable, shameless and vulgar!"