After Zhu Gaoxu wrote the letter of persuasion, he still did not let go of the matter, and he spent almost the whole day thinking about Zhang Fu.

Unexpectedly, Liu Sheng actually sent someone! This is a person that Zhu Gaoxu did not expect at all.

Chen Dazhui sent the letter into the study and stood on the side. Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, and read Liu Sheng's letter first; Then he turned the letter to the left, toward the bright window, and took a very close look at the seal on the back of the letter.

Because Zhu Gaoxu was not familiar with Liu Sheng's handwriting and could not distinguish the real from the fake, the seal on it had a role at this time.

Zhu Gaoxu is also not very familiar with Liu Sheng. During the "Battle of Jingnan", Liu Sheng did fight in the Jingnan Army, but his military rank was not high; Zhu Gaoxu didn't know him at that time.

It wasn't until the "Battle of Crime" reached the decisive battle of Huguang that Liu Sheng, a person, gradually entered Zhu Gaoxu's sight; The reason, of course, is that Liu Sheng has a large army of officers and soldiers in his hands.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu was quite surprised to receive Liu Sheng's secret letter suddenly......

Liu Sheng's words were very earnest. The letter wrote that he had always been very interested in firearms and artillery, and had been working on it for many years; In the battle of Huguang, the king of Han used artillery to be superb, which made him so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, and he couldn't wait to serve his command immediately!

So not long after the battle of Huguang was decided, Liu Sheng decided to surrender. He has sent a confidant who is a military general in the army, quietly and quickly returned to Beijing, and began to handle the affairs of settling the Liu family's family.

The Liu family was born as a low-level military general, with a small family and a small family population. Liu Sheng has a good friend in Beijing who has made friends for many years, but he is not a person in the officialdom. He then entrusted his family to a friend, so that he could find an opportunity, so he tried to take his family out of Beijing and hide for a while; Then immediately inform Liu Sheng with a fast horse!

Liu Sheng looked at the situation again, or led troops to sacrifice the city, or fled to defect.

At this time, most of the people of Jingshi Jinyiwei were monitoring Zhang Fuchen? He Fu and other important generals; Liu Sheng has never been suspected, and there are relatively few eyes and ears to monitor his mansion. Therefore, the chances of his wife and children escaping are very good.

Liu Sheng's meaning in the secret letter suggested that the King of Han should go to Changsha City as soon as possible; When the Han King's army came to the city, it was convenient for him to lead the troops to open the door and surrender! To contribute to Changsha City and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to make up for the merits.

Zhu Gaoxu put down the letter in his hand and said in his heart: These generals really don't have any discipline at all, unlike civil officials who still care about honor. Zhu Gaoxu saw that Chen Dazhui was still beside him, so he turned his head and said, "General Chen, take a look." ”

Chen Dazhui clenched his fists and bowed, picked up the letter paper and looked at it.

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his rough palm and rubbed it on his broad forehead for a while. After a while he spoke, "I judge that this letter should not be false. I don't know Liu Sheng's handwriting, and the general seal on it will be difficult to forge for a while. ”

He paused for a moment and turned back and said, "You send someone to try to contact Liu Sheng...... Tell the brothers of Beisi to be careful, for more than a year, dozens of our people have been arrested! The puppet dynasty Jinyi Wei had long known that there was this yamen in the Han Palace. ”

Chen Dazhui clenched his fists and said: "The last general will be ordered!" With that, he left the study.

Zhu Gaoxu still stood in the room thoughtfully. It was of course a good thing that Liu Sheng was going to surrender, but it was far from the point where he was happy.

What Zhu Gaoxu wants most is not Changsha City, but the main force of the water division!

Without a water division, even if Changsha City is now open, let the Han Wangjun enter; However, the Han army could not cross the river, and had to travel a long distance to get to the city.

At this moment, a voice outside the door said, "Lord Wang......"

Zhu Gaoxu turned around and saw the eunuch Cao Fu! It was Wang Gui's godson, the fat white eunuch, but now Cao Fu's face was tanned and very dirty.

"Cao Fu, you're back." Zhu Gaoxu was slightly overjoyed and said, "Come in!" ”

Cao Fu walked in and said aggrievedly: "The slave was almost caught by the inspection several times on the road, and finally saw the prince." ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked Cao Fu to sit down and talk in detail.

Cao Fu didn't talk much about what happened on the road, and said first: "The slave maid tried every means to persuade Huang Yan, the eunuch beside King Zhao; But King Zhao did not agree to raise troops. Huang Yan hopes that the prince will send elite soldiers to Beiping to help King Zhao raise troops......"

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he felt a little crying and laughing for a while.

This third brother! In vain was his father's favor and often took him on expeditions, but he didn't learn anything about managing the army and fighting. The number of guards of King Zhao was the largest among all the vassal kings, and the number of guards was about the same as that of Zhu Gaoxu, about 20,000 people, and the conditions for raising troops were not bad; After all, Zhu Di trusts his son more than his brother.

Cao Fu knelt on the ground and said: "The slave and maid have failed to fulfill the prince's trust, and they have not even seen King Zhao's face twice. Please punish the king! ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Get up." Now it doesn't matter whether Gao Sui raises troops or not. ”

Cao Fu was stunned and stood up.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at him and said, "You are loyal. I went to rest for two days first, and then I went to the Chinese army and was responsible for my diet and daily life. ”

Cao Fu hurriedly said: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

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About 400 miles north of Hengzhou, the city of Changsha is located on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River.

Although the rebels were on the other side of the Xiang River, it was difficult for their large army to cross the Xiang River nearby.

The scouts who sailed to the west bank in the evening found that the rebels were marching south; Presumably, it was intended to be detoured from the south. Such a march route, from the west bank of the Xiangjiang River to the city of Changsha, is at least a thousand miles!

Therefore, for at least a month, Changsha City is not in danger. There are countless officials and civilians in the city, and there are many goods that come in and out every day; At present, the four cities have not closed the gate to martial law, but some more soldiers have been sent to guard the door.

The officers and soldiers who fled after the Battle of Baoqing Mansion have gradually restored order recently. The calm city of Changsha will give people the illusion that they are not threatened by hundreds of thousands of rebels......

But at this time, Zhang Fu's heart was not calm!

He encountered a very unexpected thing: when he met a spy who lied about the Zhang family, he actually got a letter, which was sealed with lacquer by Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty!

Zhang Fu hesitated, walked into a study, and gently closed the door and latched it. Then he examined the letter and tore open the envelope.

He is not afraid of those Jinyi guards on the surface, they all have to obey the orders of General Pinghan. What he was worried about was the secret agents of the various government offices of the imperial court mixed with the Chinese army, and there were not only people from the Jinyi Guard, but even the military department and other yamen would also use secret agents.

The reports of these people did not go through the Chinese army, but were directly sent to the imperial court! Zhang Fu was afraid that he couldn't say it clearly.

He ordered his henchmen to settle the traitors in the Chinese army and watch them day and night; At this time, he was not sure how to deal with the traitorous spy, he just wanted to see what King Han said in the letter first.

When Zhang Fu pulled out a few pieces of letterhead, he was already aware of his subtle vacillation...... If he had encountered such a thing a month ago, I am afraid that he would not even have opened the lacquer seal, and he would have handed over the secret letter and the spy to Jinyiwei immediately!

But now he closed the door, stayed here alone, and pulled out the letter.

Only at this moment, Zhang Fu couldn't help but sigh softly......

But after a while, the expression on Zhang Fu's face changed slightly, and soon he still showed a sneer, and said in his heart: Now that the King of Han is still writing a letter, I am just curious, I want to see what tricks he has!

The slightest illusion in his heart was quickly extinguished! Because he suddenly remembered what he had done to the Han Palace.

Zhang Fu captured Qian Xun, the long history of the Han Dynasty, and led troops to "quell the rebellion" many times, and later even became the general of the Ping Han Dynasty; He has a marriage with the current emperor, his daughter is a concubine, and his grandson is a prince...... It's simply the sworn enemy of the Han Palace!

has come to such a situation, can King Han let himself go? Zhang Fuxin said: I can't believe every word that King Han said!

He Zhang Fu is also a person who often fools others, and he will never be deceived so easily; What's more, many people in the court said that the king of Han was cunning and famous, and he also knew it in his heart.

Zhang Fu pondered for a while, exhaled, and finally unfolded the letter paper and buried his head in it.

As he read the first page, his thoughts changed slightly......

Zhang Fu suddenly recalled the past, which was when he dealt with the King of Han during the battle of Annan.

At that time, the Ming army of the two routes defeated the main force of the Annan army and captured the city of Duobang, and the king of Han promised to cede the eastern capital of Annan to Zhang Fu. Zhang Fu didn't believe it at first, because he learned that the King of Han suddenly led his cavalry and quickly rushed to the vicinity of the eastern capital of Shenglong City!

Unexpectedly, the king of Han did not move his troops to attack Thang Long City, and the king of Han mobilized the army, but it was to find the famous queen.

That incident made a deep impression on Zhang Fu, in addition to thinking that King Han was really good, he was also surprised by King Han's commitment to keep his promise. After all, it was a great achievement that could be publicized in the imperial court newspaper, and each other was just talking about it in advance.

Zhang Fu thought for a while...... Except for those hearsay things, when he really dealt with the King of Han in person, the King of Han really never did anything that words did not count.

His brows were furrowed together, the vertical lines between his eyebrows were obvious, and he said in his heart: In the past, the King of Han kept his promises, but it may not have been like this all the time! Besides, will the promise made at this time really work in the future?

Zhang Fu turned the page and continued to read the content of Zhu Gaoxu's letter. His mood became more and more complicated, and then he looked at it carefully three more times.

Regarding Zhu Gaoxu's promise, Zhang Fu is of course full of doubts in his heart! But somehow, he was surprised, but he still couldn't easily abandon the letter of persuasion.

He walked a few steps in the study, glanced at the door, quickly put the letter and envelope into his arms, and then walked behind the door and opened the wooden door first. But he didn't go out, and paced back and forth in the open study.

Zhang Fu buried his head and frowned for a while, and looked up at the dead branches in the patio outside. He spent a lot of time in his room like this, and seemed to think about a lot of things.