Chapter 1553: Ming King Zhu Di (I)

The forces that hit Zhu Ming's attention are naturally not only Yanzhou Cao Cao, but also Yuzhou Zhao Kuangyin, Jiangdong Sun Jian, and even Jiangxia Huangzu, all of whom covet Zhu Ming.

These princes sent envoys and spies one after another to enter Xuzhou and Jianghuai to win over Zhu Ming's generals and important ministers, wanting to take the opportunity to carve up Zhu Ming.

The death of Zhu Yuanzhang alone put Zhu Ming, who was the overlord of the Central Plains, on the cusp, surrounded by wolves, and even small princes like Huang Zu dared to step on it.

As for Zhu Ming, there is also an undercurrent surging inside.

With the return of Zhu Yunwen, Xiang Zhuang and others, Zhu Ming can basically conclude that the lord and Luo Shixin both died in Jizhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Luo Shixin, one is the pillar of the sky, and the other is the first fierce general, the two of them fell at the same time, naturally the whole famous was shaken, but while some people were excited, there were also other people who had strange thoughts.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left Dabie Mountain, he also surrendered a lot of surrendered troops, such as: Tao Qian's Xuzhou Army, Liu Bei's Pingyuan Army, and Yuan Shu's Huai Army, so the composition of Zhu Ming's various armies is also complicated.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, with his huge prestige suppression, naturally no one dared to disagree.

But now that Zhu Yuanzhang is dead, and the young master Zhu Di is not prestigious, those generals in the army who are unruly and only obey Zhu Yuanzhang, such as: Xue Ju, Li Guo, etc., will have different hearts, which is also a normal thing.

Therefore, today's Zhu Ming is calm on the surface and has the same hatred, but secretly there is an undercurrent surging, and if he is not careful, he may be torn apart.

For such a situation, Zhu Di was also anxious in his eyes, and he naturally wanted to keep the foundation laid by his father, but his father's death was so sudden that he didn't even leave a last word.

In addition, the forms of Xuzhou and Jianghuai changed too quickly, so fast that Zhu Di couldn't tell who was loyal and who was traitorous, and he didn't know who to trust at this time, and Zhu Ming might fall into civil strife if he made a mistake.

"Young master, you can't go on like this." Xiang Zhuang said with a serious face.

"Yes, if it goes on like this, Xuzhou will be in chaos." Zhang Yan said in a deep voice.

Zhu Yunwen, Xiang Zhuang, Zhang Yan, these people who escaped from Taihang alive are all loyal supporters of Zhu Di.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Yunwen said: "Young Master, go find Fan Junshi, Fan Junshi is the most trusted person of the lord, and he will definitely stand on the side of the young master." ”

A trace of hesitation flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and he said: "But Fan Junshi is in contact with Cao Cao in private, and his father has passed away for so long, and he has never stood up to express his position." ”

Fan Zeng was Zhu Ming's first minister, and Zhu Di used to respect him very much, but after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Fan Zeng was very close to Zhu Di.

It is precisely because of Fan Zeng's actions that the following see the hope of self-reliance, after all, if Fan Zeng fully supports Zhu Di, the people below will definitely not dare to be so presumptuous.

Therefore, to a certain extent, it was Fan Zeng who exacerbated Zhu Ming's internal division.

"Young Master, are you doubting the loyalty of the military advisor?" Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice.

Zhu Di felt a sharp gaze, met him fearlessly, and then nodded and said, "The actions of the military advisor make me have to doubt. ”

"Young master, you shouldn't doubt the military advisor."

Xiang Zhuang accentuated his tone, and said with some reproach: "The military advisor is the most trusted person of the lord, if he also defects to the enemy, it will be a dead end now." ”

Zhu Di couldn't help but flash a trace of anger in his eyes when he heard this, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly played a round when he saw this, and said: "Young master, no matter whether the military advisor is loyal or traitorous, we must and can only trust the military advisor now, do you understand?" ”

Zhu Yunwen's words made Zhu Di calm down a lot, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "I understand, I'll go to the military advisor to apologize." ”

After that, Zhu Di got up and left directly, looking at the back of Zhu Di leaving, Xiang Zhuang and Zhu Yunwen all smiled.

After Zhu Di came to Fan Zeng's mansion, after some briefing, because Fan Zeng was not there, Zhu Di could only come to Fan Zeng's study to wait.

After waiting for two hours in a row, he didn't see Fan Zeng come back, Zhu Di couldn't help but be a little impatient, and began to wander around the study and look through Fan Zeng's letterhead.

And when he turned to the letterhead that read, 'Brother Qi, Brother, Fan Li', Zhu Di's pupils shrank suddenly, and he involuntarily opened and flipped through it, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became.

Zhu Di had long known that Cao Cao was wooing Fan Zeng, but he didn't know that Cao Cao's efforts were so strong, and he also made a promise to Fan Zeng to be a marquis, which was tantamount to giving Fan Zeng a status under him.

"Cao Mengde is really willing." Zhu Di gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

"Of course Cao Apu is willing, if the old man surrenders, he will not only be able to get a state, but also add 100,000 troops, how can he Cao Apu make a loss-making deal."

The familiar voice sounded in his ears, which suddenly made Zhu Di feel a thrill, and when he turned his head, he found that Fan Zeng was behind him, and he also looked at himself with a smile, which made Zhu Di's whole person freeze.

"Strategist, when did you come back? Why didn't there be any movement at all. Zhu Diqiang said with a smile.

"I came back a long time ago, and when I saw that the young master was so attentive, I didn't bother the young master."

Fan Zeng smiled indifferently, sat down, pointed to another stack of letterheads, and said: "Since the young master has already read Cao Cao's letter, it is better to read the others, No, this is written by other princes to the old man, and they are all here." ”

"No, no, no."

Zhu Di was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, the loyalty of the military advisor, how can the kid not understand."

No matter how much these princes lure me, the boy believes that the military advisor will never leave me. ”

Looking at Zhu Di's frightened look, Fan Zeng knew that Zhu Di must have been frightened a lot during this time, if he didn't explain it clearly, it was inevitable that Zhu Di would have a bad feeling in the future, so he said: "Young master, isn't it good how his old man responds to these princes?" ”

Zhu Di's heart moved inexplicably, and after a little contemplation, he asked tentatively: "Is it true that the military advisor neither agrees nor agrees, just hangs them like this, gives them hope, and delays time?" ”

Fan Zeng couldn't help but be stunned, then stroked his long beard, and said with a smile: "The young master is smart, that's what the old man did, otherwise Cao Cao may have already been overwhelmed by the army." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Di also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if this is the case, Fan Zeng is heart-to-heart, but why didn't he contact himself for so long?

"The young master is curious, in order to stand up, the old man clearly did not support the young master, but allowed the situation to deteriorate?"

Hearing Fan Zeng take the initiative, Zhu Di glanced at Fan Zeng cautiously, nodded and said, "I'm a little curious." ”

Fan Zeng smiled lightly and said, "The old man is actually waiting for the young master to take the initiative to come to the old man. ”

Zhu Di's body trembled suddenly, it turned out that the military advisor was testing himself.