Shi Hong and Sun Tonglin were dispatched by Zhu Youzhen to escort a large amount of grain and grass back to Chang'an. At that time, it was the time when the grain prices in Chang'an soared, and the grain reserves of the entire Guanzhong were in full emergency. The injection of this batch of grain can be said to be a relief in the snow, which greatly alleviated the grain shortage in Chang'an, and also allowed Jing Xiang to reluctantly stabilize the somewhat precarious situation.

Of course, choosing to send grain and grass into Chang'an at this time was also deliberately done by Zhu Youzhen, in fact, as he expected, the reputation of His Royal Highness Zhu San immediately became famous in Chang'an, and the people, officials, and the army praised His Third Highness. In this way, he immediately compared his eldest brother Zhu Youyu to life.

Dai Chao was in Shannan Dongdao, in addition to constantly asking Chang'an for military salaries, but he did not send even a single grain to Chang'an.

"Your Highness, now your reputation is in full swing in Chang'an." Sun Tonglin said excitedly. "I heard that His Royal Highness lost his temper in private and smashed a set of glazed teacups purchased from the Northland!"

Zhu Youzhen was very unhappy, and asked directly: "Have you delivered all those belongings one by one according to the list given to you?" ”

"Of course." Sun Tonglin said: "One is not bad, there is a lot of money, all of them were delivered quietly, without attracting anyone's attention." These people are grateful for the care of the Third Highness. Many of them are not having a good time. So in the end, the subordinates took matters into their own hands, deducted some grain, and distributed it to these people. ”

"Well, well done." Zhu Youzhen nodded: "It's better to give these people a fat bastard than to cheapen the food." After the boss became the commander of the forbidden army, he has been sparing no effort to keep his henchmen in peace, how many of them have been affected? ”

"Your Highness, the rank above the general has not been moved, and among the middle-level officers, four of us have been taken down and transferred to some positions that do not directly lead troops, and it is okay to go down. The battalion officer level that you are most concerned about has basically not moved. Sun Tonglin said.

"That's good, over the years, I have invested so much, if I can't play a role at that time, it will be too much of a loss." Zhu Youzhen was very pleased. "I thought it would take a while for you to come back, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly this time, and come back so soon!"

Shi Hong bowed slightly and said: "Your Highness, originally we wanted to stay in Chang'an for a while longer, and then use our connections to contact some brothers in the army, but after hearing that General Cao Bin was defeated, the prime minister asked us to come back immediately." ”

"What do you think about this thing?" Zhu Youzhen sat up straight and asked.

"Respectfully, let the last general tell His Highness that victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and there is no need to worry about it." Shi Hongdao.

Zhu Youzhen smiled bitterly: "How can you not be worried?" If you don't have a heart, you two won't be in a hurry to come back! ”

Sun Tonglin said with a smile: "Jing Xiang is afraid that you will be angry because of this matter, and you will not raise troops, so let us hurry back and say that if Your Highness has such an idea, you must let us dissuade you." As he spoke, Sun Tonglin took out a letter from his arms and put it on Zhu Youzhen's hand: "This is a letter from the Prime Minister to you." ”

"I'm not the same person I used to be." Zhu Youzhen smiled, put the letter aside, looked at the two of them and said, "You two, you must have seen General Cao Bin, Huainan, have you gone to see it?" ”

"General Cao Bin is a veteran of a hundred battles, and he has a very open view of victory and defeat, and is now reorganizing his troops and horses in Huai'an." Shi Hongdao.

"Shi Hong, Cao Bin said in his letter to me that the most important thing about this defeat was that he caught off guard with the opponent's tricks, and this time the opponent took out not the previous fierce fire oil bomb, do you have any eyebrows?"

Shi Hong shook his head: "At General Cao's place, after hearing about it, I have already arranged for someone to investigate this matter." I also personally inquired about many of the soldiers present at the time, it should be a medicine puppet, but the power was unexpected, much louder than an ordinary medicine puppet, and it was accompanied by a strong light. Those war horses under the command of General Cao can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and the general noise will not make them so alarmed, obviously, the Tang army has greatly improved it, and I have sent the relevant detailed information to the Fan Division, there are many masters in Chang'an, I hope they can get a result as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed: "Don't expect too much, the Tang Army has been using the fierce fire and oil bomb for several years, and the wastes in Chang'an's general prison have not made a single eyebrow until now, and the things that come out are not at the same level as the Tang Army." ”

At this point, all three people in the room fell silent. Fighting with the Tang Army, it is better to say otherwise, even if the opponent's armor is good, a few more slashes will be broken, no matter how sharp the weapon is, it is great to kill a few more people, but the other party will always have some strange things that will suddenly be used on the battlefield, and the opponent who is defenseless against this will always suffer a big loss because of this.

I want to use the fierce fire oil bomb for the first time, or Zhang Zhongwu's command, that battle, Liu Chenglin almost wiped out the whole army, but since then, the application of fierce fire oil, in the Tang army has advanced by leaps and bounds, Yishui River, Zhang Zhongwu cocooned himself, was excavated by his own subordinates, exploded a Buddha ascended to heaven, two Buddhas into the ground, defeated and lost, and lost the capital to compete with Li Ze, and then defeated again and again, and finally was driven to the northeast by Li Ze, and was desperate.

"You don't have to worry too much about this kind of thing. Although the sound is loud, it can only frighten people, and the real power is not great, much worse than the fierce fire oil bomb. Shi Hongdao.

"Don't dare to be careless." Zhu Youzhen turned around, took out a box from the bookshelf, opened it, and there were some medicine puppets inside, this thing is not unusual, it can be seen everywhere during the Chinese New Year.

"It's just this thing, if you light it and hold it in your hand, it can hurt people. If its power is increased several times, it is not uncommon to blow up people. Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "I'm worried now, they also have extremely high attainments in this area, Shi Hong, you must keep an eye on it." ”

"The Admiral understands."

What is your view of the current situation? What are the arrangements? Throwing the box aside, Zhu Youzhen asked.

Sun Tonglin cleared his throat and said: "The first thing that the prime minister said is about Huai'an, please ask the Third Highness to stabilize Huai'an Gong Yunda at this time, and don't persecute it too much, so that it will fight back, and now His Royal Highness's main force is deep in the Eyue area and can't get out, Cao Bin has a new big defeat, no one can contain Gong Yunda, once he turns his face, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"I know that."

"And we also received news that Yangzhou released Gong Bin, obviously, they also want to win over Gong Yunda, so at this time, His Royal Highness must appease him more, and His Majesty has already been crowned as the king of Huainan County, and the will will will arrive in Chuzhou in the near future." Shi Hong continued.

"Just being promoted to the rank of official, I'm afraid it won't make him die!" Zhu Youzhen sighed.

"Of course, it's not just about being promoted to an official rank!" Sun Tonglin said: "In a few days, the Luoyang Navy Division will arrive in Chuzhou along the canal, more than 100 warships, 5,000 sailors, then Gong Yunda even if he is really ill-intentioned, he is afraid that he will not dare to move at will." As soon as the sailors arrived, General Cao Bin would be able to regain his strength, and then he would have the strength to force Gong Yunda to use all the Huai'an army to attack Yangzhou with us. ”

"Luoyang Water Master?" Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed, "Big brother is actually willing to hand them over to me?" ”

"It's not His Royal Highness, but after the pain between His Royal Highness and His Majesty, His Majesty made a decision personally, I heard that at that time in the court, His Royal Highness was trying his best to oppose it, but first, we do need a water master here, and second, Your Highness, your grain and grass are sent to Chang'an at the right time, Your Majesty Longxin Dayue, but when the court rejected their objections, the Sacred Heart is arbitrary, and now the Luoyang Water Master is making preparations, and the Jingxiang will send people to keep an eye on it, and it will definitely not give them the opportunity to delay and make a bad move, probably in the future, they can arrive in Chuzhou."

"Great!" Zhu Youzhen applauded and laughed, finally heard the good news, after having a strong sailor, the battle with Yangzhou would not seem so passive. "Now that the naval army I have trained in Ezhou has begun to take shape, when the Luoyang Naval Division arrives, whether it is in Yangzhou or Dongting Lake, we will have spare strength."

After suffering losses in Dongting Lake, Zhu Youzhen vigorously collected boats, recruited sailors, and trained sailors in Ezhou. Of course, if you want to compete with your opponent, you are still too far away, so Zhu Youzhen has never dared to send them to the front line, after all, it was not easy to make up such a little foundation, and she was really reluctant to send them out until the critical moment.

Once the Luoyang sailor came over, the two were added together, and it would be completely different.

"In addition, the prime minister also made an agreement with His Royal Highness." Shi Hong continued.

"What agreement was made with Big Brother?"

"The Third Highness sent an army into Jingnan to assist Dai Chao and take Jingnan Festival Town as quickly as possible." Shi Hongdao. "I heard that this is also what Your Majesty meant. Although Eyue is still unstable, it has generally fallen under our control, and His Majesty is very dissatisfied with the delay in the war in Jingnan. ”

"Boss's pot, why do you want me to carry it?" Zhu Youzhen said dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, let us tell you that at this time, the first priority is the interests of the Great Liang. Others, you can set them aside. ”