Chapter 703: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore
When the good news came back to Bianzhou, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Chi were boating on the river.
Zhu Chi has no big ambitions, and the only thing that can be praised is calmness, so when Zhu Wen goes out to fight, he always lets him serve as the queen of Xuanwu and guard the old nest.
Zhu Chi is a person who can enjoy it very much, and this extremely luxurious painting boat is specially built for himself to facilitate his own play. Usually it is open to the public, of course, the reception is not ordinary people, either rich or expensive, the cost of getting on the ship once, ordinary people even if they struggle for a lifetime can not earn it. But even so, the business of this painting boat is also quite prosperous, and after Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, the business of this painting boat is getting better and better.
But today, on the painting boat, there are only their uncle and nephew.
Eating the fresh fish that had just been caught from the river and freshly made by the chef, looking at the cool beauties dancing on the thick carpet, and listening to the singing voice like heaven, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh that her third uncle was really enjoying and being interested.
Where have they ever enjoyed such good things since they were young?
When he was young, he was forced to study and practice martial arts.
grew up, but he stepped on the war horse again and kept fighting.
's father, as well as the second uncle who fell on the battlefield in the early years, and the third uncle in front of him, the world says that the third uncle is useless, but it is these third uncles who live the most leisurely.
Or is this the life he wants?
Zhu Youzhen thought that although this kind of life is not what she wants, she has to say that it is indeed very capable of destroying people's will. Gentle Township is the hero's mound, and everything he has enjoyed here in the third uncle of Bianzhou these days is probably the silent persuasion of the third uncle to himself.
The third uncle had good intentions, but he couldn't accept it.
Even if he doesn't want to make progress, he can still be in power. If you don't want to make progress, you will just be a living dead person in the future. A husband can't be without power for a day, how can he just stop it?
Zhong Yuan pushed open the cabin and walked in, and arched his hand: "Your Highness, after staying, a ship is coming over." ”
Zhu Youzhen sat up straight all of a sudden, her eyes blazing: "Is it so fast?" ”
Zhu Chi waved his hand, and the kabuki, dancer, and musicians in the house immediately retreated, put on their coats with Zhu Youzhen, and walked out of the cabin. He turned to look at his nephew, but he stood still at the bow of the ship like a javelin.
The boat came quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was on the side of the boat, and a sergeant climbed up the rope ladder with his hands and feet.
"Your Highness, there is a big victory ahead, and General Cao Bin has already taken Guide." The sergeant reported the good news to Zhu Youzhen with a happy face.
Although it had been expected, Zhu Youzhen was still extremely happy to hear the news with her own ears.
"How is it so fast?" He couldn't help but ask. Guide is an important town in Wuning, where heavy troops are stationed.
"General Tian Guofeng led 3,000 cavalry to raid Guide, defeated the opponent in a battle, beheaded Lv Meng, the lieutenant general of the Wuning Army, and captured Zhou Qun, the king of the Defu Mansion, and then Zhou Qun surrendered, General Tian and lured open the gate of Guide, and completely took the city of Guide," the sergeant said: "General Cao has now marched towards Xuzhou. ”
Zhu Youzhen laughed, took out a handful of golden horns from his arms, stuffed them into the soldier's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, you have worked hard along the way, take it to eat and drink." ”
"Thank you, Your Highness." The sergeant was inexplicably excited, clenched his fists, and got off the boat.
The two were silent, but one looked excited, and the other was a little helpless.
After a long time, Zhu Chi said, "You go." Fighting Xuzhou, after all, is different from playing Guide, and at this time, the news can't be concealed if you want to, and it will be very lively next. ”
"Of course it will be very lively, but at this point, no one can stop my determination to take Xuzhou." Zhu Youzhen waved his fist and said.
"There are still 10,000 garrisons in Bianzhou, of which 3,000 are directly under the command of your third uncle and me, you can take them with you. The logistics and supplies you need, you can take as much as you can. Zhu Chi said.
"Thank you for your support!" Zhu Youzhen bowed and thanked him.
"Since you have torn your face, of course you have to do it to the end, Wu Ning is in the hands of the Zhu family, it is better than letting the person surnamed Pang control it." Zhu Chi shook his head: "But you want to ......"
"Watch out for attacks from behind." Zhu Youzhen said: "I have long been prepared for this. The third uncle, the second brother will be happy to see it, he is now being bullied by the eldest brother. Only the eldest brother can't see me to take Wu Ning, right? Do you think he will order the Gon Navy to enter Wuning to support Pang Xun? ”
Zhu Chi glanced at Zhu Youzhen, shook his head and said, "Your eldest brother is not, but the acting commander may not be able to say." Dai Shuai wanted Xuzhou for a day or two, it was just Pang Xun who saw that the situation was not good, and immediately attached himself to your father, Dai Chao He had already entered Xuzhou, and now such a delicious fruit fell into your hands, how could Dai Shuai be willing? ”
Zhu Youzhen laughed, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "I really hope that the acting marshal can deliver the order in time, so that we can give him a heavy blow in the court." ”
Zhu Chi's eyelids jumped, and he looked at Zhu Youzhen with some suspicion and said, "Is it that Jingxiang has dug a workshop and is waiting for the deputy marshal to jump down?" ”
"The third uncle is wise, the pit has been dug a long time ago, if the acting commander insists on jumping in, then it is no wonder that we stabbed him with blood." Zhu Youzhen smiled like a little fox, "This is Jiang Taigong's fishing, and the wisher has taken the bait." ”
Zhu Chi sighed and said, "It's all a family, and harmony is still precious." If we can't unite as one, how can we resist foreign humiliation together? Now our beams are not restless, but embattled! ”
"Third uncle, if my father is just a Xuanwujie town, we must be father and son, brother and brother, but unfortunately, my father is the Emperor of Daliang now. You just need to take a look at what happened to me along the way after my defeat in Luzhou, and you only need to look at the bloody struggle between the eldest brother and the second brother now, and you should understand. The reason why I am in a hurry to take Wuning is that I want a place to live! ”
"And then join the fight?" Zhu Chi sighed.
"No, I'll go all the way south to avoid the fight between them!" Zhu Youzhen's eyes flashed, and she took a deep breath before saying, "Let them earn your life, I'll go to the south to avoid trouble." Third uncle, after you stay in Xuanwu, your position is important, the eldest brother and the second brother will inevitably fight for you desperately, once you can't win it, they will definitely regard you as a thorn in the flesh. ”
Zhu Chi laughed a few times and said, "If you keep going south and don't look back to Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, Third Uncle, I will always support you, okay?" ”
Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhu Chi for a long time, and suddenly stretched out his hand and said: "Third uncle, then we will make up our minds, after I take Wuning, after a little rest, I will go all the way to the south to rectify the rear for my big beam, as for the court dispute, let the eldest brother and the second brother compete, I will honestly hide aside." ”
Zhu Chi laughed: "This is not bad, although there is a suspicion of watching the fire from the other side of the mountain and reaping the profits, but the emperor's family, if you can do this, you can already be regarded as a noble character." Third brother, if you can really do this, then what if the third uncle stands firmly behind you? ”
"Thank you, Third Uncle!" Zhu Youzhen smiled and slammed to the ground.
The next day, Zhu Youzhen took thousands of Xuanwu troops and tens of thousands of temporarily conscripted people, carrying countless grains, grasses and ordnance, and marched towards Wuning. Xuanwufu County along the way, without exception, received Zhu Chi's order to provide grain and grass for the army all the way.
At that time, the news had also spread to the city of Xuzhou.
Pang Xun of Wuning Festival Town is receiving an extremely important guest, Dai Yue from Gunhai Festival Town.
Dai Chao is the town of Gunhai Festival, and he is also the Taishan boss of His Royal Highness Zhu Youyu, as the long history of Dai Yue is in charge of internal affairs, Dai Chao is now serving in Chang'an, and is fighting with Jing Xiang for who is the first person under the emperor, and Dai Yue is looking at his hometown as the queen of Gun Hai instead of Chao.
Now in Chang'an, Dai Chao is gaining the upper hand step by step, and Jing Xiang is forced to retreat step by step, the reason is very simple, Zhu Wen is obsessed with gentleness in the countryside and ignores political affairs, and Dai Chao because of the relationship between His Royal Highness, in terms of identity, naturally suppressed Jing Xiang, and most of the civil and military officials above the court are bullish and not bearish. Moreover, these well-informed officials have also seen a lot of things that should be kept strictly secret through their different channels, such as some medical cases of Emperor Zhu Wen, which makes their psychology of being super-oriented to Dai Chao more and more serious.
But Jing Xiang is certainly not easy to mess with. As Emperor Zhu Wen's most trusted minister, he controls at least half of the military power of the forbidden army in Chang'an, and almost all of the intelligence system of the entire Liang is also controlled by Jing Xiang, so it seems that Jing Xiang is retreating step by step, but in fact, he still holds the last position.
In today's Chang'an, Dai Chao is preparing to give Jing Xiang the most fatal blow, that is, to deprive Jing Xiang of his military power in Chang'an, and the way to take is to persuade the emperor to transfer His Royal Highness Zhu Youyu back to Chang'an.
As long as Zhu Youyu returns to Chang'an, there is almost no doubt that he will be in charge of the Chang'an Forbidden Army as His Royal Highness. At this point, Jing Xiang had almost no other way to protect himself except to retire to save his life.
The form of Chang'an, no matter how you look at it, is Zhu Youyu's family that has the absolute upper hand.
So when Pang Xun heard that Zhu Youzhen led the army to attack Wuning, and had already taken Guide with lightning speed, and the troops were approaching Xuzhou City, he almost thought that he had heard it wrong.
"Jie Shuai, Cao Bin led an army of 15,000 to Xuzhou, and its vanguard officer Tian Guofeng, at most, will come to Xuzhou in three days." The messenger said, "Please take precautions. ”