Chu Shaoyuan didn't dare to brush the tiger's beard, but only looked at Chan Yi with a little grievance and helplessness.

"You always like to do such dangerous things!" Chan Yi sighed, looked at him, and her tone was a little more helpless than his, "Even though I am reluctant to let you take risks, I'm afraid that you have already made arrangements, and the plan can't be changed, right?" Seeing Chu Shaoyuan nodding, she said again, "Then what are you talking to me about? What can I say?" As soon as I thought that there were many capable people around the fourth prince, I felt that my heart was going to be pinched, if I couldn't outwit him, you had to be more careful if you had a hard time with him!"

In the previous life, before the two of them met, Chan Yi passed away one step earlier, and there was nothing to say at this time except for some advice.

Chu Shaoyuan felt that it would be several months to leave people behind, and he felt a little guilty, so naturally everything she said was good, so he didn't refute it, and after listening to her words quietly, he leaned over, kissed her cheek with a smile, and assured her.

"Late and rest assured, everything is arranged, after all, you won't let yourself suffer any accidents, you don't have to worry so much, I will come back well, when the time comes, I will take you to enjoy the plum and snow, let's dig fish in the Taiye Pond!"

Chanyi snorted, noncommittal.

On the second day, Chu Shaoyuan ordered the soldiers and horses and went all the way to the south, at this time the four princes' men and horses were about to approach Qinzhou, although Chu Shaoyuan repeatedly said that he had laid out the situation early, but if it was not a last resort, he was still unwilling to use those people easily, and in the end, because it was far away, some news could not be delivered on the same day, so he always got the news one step later, and he was not anxious, some things were more urgent but the worse it was, he led the army all the way to rush so quickly.

Since the incident in Wanzhou City, the four princes have become more and more unsmooth the further north they go, and they haven't even touched the boundary of Qinzhou, so the military spirit has become a little scattered, and no matter how they suppress it, they can't really put an end to it, although Wang Xingyi, who is the number one cronie around the four princes, suppressed it so that it would not completely collapse, but it still couldn't suppress the spread of this situation.

And the fourth prince was very annoyed, and he couldn't help but reproach Wang Xinglai, "How do you take care of the soldiers? Seeing that you are about to enter Qinzhou, don't you care, do you want to put this king to death?"

Wang Xingzhi has felt quite tired these days, and he has never felt tired, he thought that following the four princes was trying to achieve great things, but the four princes have become more and more irritable recently, and they punish the soldiers at every turn, and the soldiers have become frightened birds, where is the initial courage?

Wang Xingzhi's face stiffened, and it took a long time to ease his expression, and he said softly, "Now the prince's army is invincible, and the soldiers have won battles without defeats, and the further north we go, the more soldiers we recruit, in this situation, it is inevitable that there will be some black sheep, for this, the prince does not need to be too anxious, there is a way that military regulations are like mountains, since they don't know how to restrain them, their own military regulations are there to restrain them, and their subordinates will never tolerate these people, please don't worry about it." ”

Wang Xingzhi's words are all nonsense in the eyes of the four princes, soldiers should be bound by the commander This is the mandate of heaven, soldiers who do not obey military orders, the four princes will never give them a second chance, not to mention that the war on the battlefield is coming in an instant, and there is no other way to go except failure if you do not obey military orders, the four princes are bound to win the throne, where will they listen to Wang Xingzhi's advice.

"Wang Xingzhi, your recent behavior is a bit abnormal, if you are dissatisfied with this king, you can tell this king bluntly, this king is not such a narrow-minded person!"

The eyes of the four princes narrowed dangerously, and when he stared at Wang Xingzhi, the look in his eyes seemed to be like a poisonous snake, he felt more and more that Wang Xingzhi's behavior was abnormal in the past few days, he felt that Wang Xingzhi might have two hearts, although there was no evidence, but the more the four princes thought about it, the more they felt that it was, his brows frowned, his eyes became more and more cold, and when he stared at Wang Xingzhi, he almost looked at Wang Xingzhi with chills, for such an accusation, how could Wang Xingzhi admit it, he opened his mouth to explain.

"If the prince doesn't trust his subordinates, he can investigate his subordinates' every word and deed, and if there is any dissatisfaction with the prince, his subordinates will definitely change it!"

Wang Xingzhi's words made the fourth prince understand that he was a little harsh on the people under his hands these days, but the closer he got to the imperial capital, the more the flame in his heart burned so much that he couldn't sleep peacefully, and even more so that no one was right, sensitive, suspicious, proud, all kinds of emotions tortured him all the time, making him no longer like himself.

"That's it," the fourth prince gathered his mind and waved his hand, "Before dark, you have to rush to Qinzhou, if you can't take Qinzhou within three days, you don't have to go in again!"

The four princes' restless thoughts these days also affected Wang Xingzhi, he suddenly thought that when he was in Jiangnan, although he was unwilling, but in the end he was the son of the Wang family, even though his uncle was unhappy with his martial arts, but he never restrained him, and invited a famous teacher to teach him, Wang Xingzhi suddenly regretted a little, whether it was right or wrong to take this step, he can no longer think about it now, he can only go down this road.

So after hearing the words of the fourth prince, he nodded: "The subordinates will do their best." ”

It's just that they didn't expect that Qinzhou was the most difficult city they had ever gnawed, not only that they had just arrived at Qinzhou City, but they were almost withdrawn by the generals who defended the city, and they didn't even occupy a few small cities in Qinzhou.

The four princes were furious: "This king doesn't believe that this little Qinzhou can't be attacked! Wang Xingzhi, you lead a team of people to attack from the south gate! This king leads people to go from the east gate, and the remaining two gates are each responsible for Gu Kui and Song Xing, so you must take Qinzhou!"

It's just that even if it's arranged like this, it doesn't work without a rule.

Wang Xingzhi frowned and proposed: "When we attacked before, we hadn't gotten the defensive map of Qinzhou City yet, otherwise we would have pinched the topographic map of Qinzhou City in our hands before making plans." ”

"Isn't there a moat?" The fourth prince raised his eyes coldly, staring at what Wang Xingzhi was about to say, and a sneer floated on his face, "Since the people in the city are unwilling to surrender, then don't care about them living or dead, let people mix some herbs, and throw them into the river overnight, this king doesn't believe that these people can live in peace after being poisoned!"

Wang Xingzhi was shocked: "Lord, this must not be, these will become your criticism in the future, and they will be blamed by the courtiers!"

The fourth prince waved him away impatiently, "Otherwise, don't you have a better way?"

It turned out that he had to do this, Wang Xingzhi's heart instantly cooled half of it, and the remaining half of it was already cold, he felt that if he continued like this, he would definitely die earlier than the fourth prince, and even if he didn't have to wait for the fourth prince to ascend the throne, he might have died thoroughly, Wang Xingzhi couldn't help frowning and thinking.

"Wang Xingzhi, you don't have to worry about this matter!" The fourth prince saw that Wang Xingzhi was not happy, and he was not reluctant, for a fierce general like Wang Xingzhi, he still had some love for talent, and he was unwilling to really force people to be in a hurry, in the end, he was complicit, not to make enemies with him.

This matter was handed over to another person, and this person was none other than Gu Kui, who was intercepted by the people of the Four Princes in the place of exile, he was rummaging through the documents given to him by the Four Princes in one hand, and he was still a little puzzled, and when the Four Princes told Gu Kui all his words, Gu Kui stared at the Four Princes with a look of disbelief.

At first, he was the fourth prince to plant a heel here, but he didn't expect to come up with such a brilliant idea, when he hit it off, he carried bundles of herbs on his back, and that night he led a team of people to sneak to a very close location in Qinzhou City, and threw all the herbs into it.

Most of the guards in Qinzhou City are very vigilant, and when they hear a little wind and grass, they immediately make a decision, so Gu Kui just lurked down, and as soon as the herbs were thrown into the river, they were discovered, and the two sides of the people and horses came and went back and forth, Gu Kui was almost caught, and almost escaped with nine deaths, and the people under him were not so lucky, six or seven people were left behind, Gu Kui felt pain in his heart, those people were all good hands!

And Gu Kui went back to his life like this, and as expected, he was punished by the four princes, and the forty military sticks went down, Gu Kui's body was full of flesh, and he almost passed without a breath, but it was the doctor You Fang who accompanied him in the army who saved him.

He complained to the people around him indignantly: "The war between the two sides is originally about losing and winning, how can anyone like the fourth prince, just win by himself, but he doesn't allow others to lose at all!"

His words were spread to the ears of the four princes by people with hearts, almost making the four princes bite their steel teeth, he couldn't bear his uncle's concubine for a long time, if he hadn't promised his uncle to leave a bloodline for his Gu family, I was afraid that he would have been cut off a long time ago.

"Go, let the person with the worst medical skills teach Gu Kui a good lesson! Don't let him feel that his life is too comfortable, so that he has these thoughts again!"

When the four princes ordered this, the strategists around them were there, they saw this situation, they were quite disappointed, the four princes had already led the troops to rebel, how could they still be so temperamental, what grievances they suffered would definitely be taken back, and they couldn't bear the slightest disobedience, such a person would become an emperor in the future, but I was afraid that it would not be a Ming Jun.

This idea appeared more and more in everyone's minds in the next few days, so when they heard that the new emperor sent people to encircle and suppress, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they also mentioned that they rebelled with the four princes, if they were really arrested, they were afraid that the future would be hopeless, and even the lives of the family could not be saved.

As a result, the war took on a stalemate, with people on one side fighting bravely because they were afraid of what would happen to their lives, while people on the other side were fighting hard because they were greedy for life and afraid of death.

After Chu Shaoyuan really came over, looking at the four princes who were camped in the distance, he even had a strange emotion in his heart. It was as if all the grievances between them would have to drag on endlessly, like the state of this war.

As soon as this thought came out, Chu Shaoyuan couldn't bear it, he was the person who hated the fourth child the most, when he was framed by the fourth prince, he had already thought about the results of the next two, and the fourth child was afraid that it would not be less than he thought.

"Your Majesty, now that it is winter, although the rice and grain hoarded in the city is enough to ensure the expenses of a winter, it cannot support the people of a city, I am afraid that this war needs to end early, so as to ensure that the people will not starve. ”

The city guard was respectfully reporting to him about the situation in Qinzhou City at this time.

Chu Shaoyuan nodded: "Look down, these people are camped outside, and the fourth child is not worried about the grain and grass behind him?"

These words sounded like questioning words, but they implied deep meaning, which made the guard stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "The fourth prince, he must be calling next year's grain, but next year's grain is in Caoyun, if the governor of Jiangnan cooperates, the four princes will last for half a year at most, but there is no guarantee that in this half a year, the four princes can really remain undefeated." ”

Chu Shaoyuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the soldiers in the distance of the city tower who were not much bigger than ants, they were cooking food at this time, and they could smell the aroma of cooked rice from a distance.

"Even if the fourth child is prepared, it is hard to fight all the way here from Jiangnan, and most of the soldiers in his hands are southerners, Qinzhou is located in the north, although it is not as good as Yunfu City, but it is also a difficult place to bite. ”

Chu Shaoyuan has never done anything that he is not prepared for and is not sure of, and he has made complete plans for a complete showdown with the four princes here, and the fourth child must have never noticed these things.

Bending the corners of his mouth and smiling, Chu Shaoyuan turned around and walked down the city tower.

The guard was dazzled by Chu Shaoyuan's smile, he paused, and hurriedly followed up, thinking in his heart, this is the first time he has seen a person like Chu Shaoyuan, most of the official eunuchs or clans he has met in the past will not be particularly good-looking, after all, it is to consolidate the family, and the marriage partner chosen will not win by appearance, but only the newly enthroned emperor, his appearance can be described as unparalleled in the world, and people can't help but be amazed at first sight and want to follow him.

"What does the emperor command, even if he orders the ministers, the ministers are stationed here, and they have never taken their own lives too seriously!"

Chu Shaoyuan glanced at the guard, quite funny, "No one only wants to die and not survive, please remember this sentence!"

The guard general's heart was heavy, and when he looked at Chu Shaoyuan's eyes, he became more and more worshipful, "Remember the emperor's teachings!" The appearance of bowing was very obedient, just like his state of mind at the moment.