Although Wu Mingche said it politely, it was clear that he was telling Chen Ji that he was really old, and this time he was lucky to heal his back sores, who knows what will happen next time, so if you really have any orders, please ask for another master.

Of course, Wu Mingche still has a little bit of the intention of testing Chen Ji, if Chen Ji can be allowed to speak early, at least Wu Mingche will have enough time to calculate and think on the way from the gate to the council hall.

"Sikong is too modest, too modest!" Chen Ji didn't seem to notice that Wu Mingche said with a slight tentative tone of tentation and showing his attitude.

Wu Mingche frowned, but after all, he didn't say much, just led the way in front.

And Chen Ji looked at the layout of the Wu family's mansion with great interest, as if he really only came to visit Wu Mingche this time.

As soon as Chen Ji was led into the lobby, Wu Mingche said straight to the point: "Your Majesty has every opportunity, this time there must be something to come, and please Your Majesty does not need to hide it, as long as the minister can help, the minister will do his best." ”

"Those who know me, Sikong also!" Chen Ji couldn't help but laugh and said, "What a straight line, Sikong is still the invincible general on the battlefield back then!" ”

Chen Ji's sentence was a little strange, which made Wu Mingche's face change slightly. Since the last time Wu Mingche returned from Lüliang with the army, he had made it clear that he wanted to disarm and return to the field, but Chen Ji did not agree, but let him continue to serve as the secretary, and in fact, he was still in charge of the entire military of Nan Chen.

After all, there are only two remaining veterans in the entire government and the opposition, Wu Mingche and Chun Yuliang, and qualified veterans such as Huang Faqi and Xu Du have already died, and the next generation of Xiao Maha and others still need to be honed, so Chen Ji has to use Wu Mingche.

It is precisely because he understands that His Majesty just needs someone to come to the town, so Wu Mingche did not refuse Chen Ji's request at that time, if he blindly resigned, it would seem a little ignorant.

Wu Mingche is not the kind of person who has a straightforward personality and will never look back when he determines something, so such a compromise is within the scope of his acceptance.

However, hearing Chen Ji say this today, Wu Mingche had a bad premonition.

This majesty is really "here for something"!

"Sikong must have also seen General Zhongwu's recital, what does Sikong think should be done?" Chen Ji said unhurriedly while sitting down on the main seat.

Wu Mingche, who was ordering his subordinates to serve tea, was stunned for a moment, he was the Sikong of Nan Chen, in charge of the national military, of course Fan Meng's recital, there was naturally no need to pretend to be stupid at this time, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Zhongli is an important node of our army in Huainan, if Zhongli is lost, the Northern Zhou barbarians can attack Liang County to the west, and to the east they can attack North Xuzhou, and Huainan cannot be defended!" ”

"In this way, Sikong thinks he can agree to Fan Meng's invitation?" Chen Ji picked up the teacup unhurriedly, and gently stirred the tea leaves on the water with the lid of the cup, but he was not in a hurry to drink it, it seemed that if Wu Mingche didn't answer, he would wait like this.

"However, the possibility of the Northern Zhou barbarians attacking Zhongli at this time is very small." Wu Mingche also realized something, and said thoughtfully. There are some words that can't come out of his mouth, otherwise it will be a disaster from his mouth, so it is best to induce Chen Ji to say, "General Fan went to the court at this time with a song, although it can be seen that he is careful to guard against the barbarians of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but it is also a little fuss. ”

Chen Wei bowed slightly, and took a sip of tea: "What does Sikong mean is that you don't have to agree?" ”

Wu Mingche frowned, this is not the meaning of so-and-so, if you understand it according to Your Majesty, then Fan Meng will be resentful in the future, wouldn't this pot be decided? At that moment, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is worried that the Huainan defense line is too long, and General Fan has no time to take care of the entire defense line?" ”

Unexpectedly, Wu Mingche not only did not accept the offer, but also came back with such a quick rhetorical question, this time Chen Ji was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and nodded in confirmation. What is the reason, there is no need for Chen Ji to really say it, with Wu Mingche's shrewdness, he must be able to figure it out, Wu Mingche said this, just to give Chen Ji a suitable excuse and step.

At this point, Chen Ji naturally did not have the need to continue to detour with Wu Mingche, Wu Mingche just didn't want to take on the responsibility of "disaster from the mouth", Chen Ji simply agreed with his meaning: "The Huainan defense line is long, Sikong is clearer than me, so I feel that relying on Fan Meng alone, I may really not be able to take care of the entire defense line, so I don't know if Sikong has a suitable candidate, maybe he can take charge of the defense of the entire Huainan with General Fan." ”

After a pause, Chen Ji put down the teacup and looked at Wu Mingche sincerely: "I came here this time to ask for advice, and please give me advice!" ”

Wu Mingche squinted his eyes slightly, what should have come has come after all. Chen Ji didn't want Fan Meng to sit on the command of the entire Huainan, so he naturally had to send someone to get a piece of the pie. However, there are many generals in the entire Nan Chen, but except for a few old people such as Wu Mingche who stayed in the court, the rest followed the army to the west, and even another veteran, Chun Yuliang, went to Xiangzhou to sit down.

Therefore, there are very few generals available to the DPRK and China now.

It's no wonder that Chen Ji will come to the door, which clearly means that he wants to invite himself to go on an expedition to sit in Huainan. After all, although Wu Mingche is old, he is the first person in the Nanchen army, and he is also the one who single-handedly took Huainan, so I am afraid that no one in the entire Nanchen knows Huainan better than him and has a higher prestige in the Huainan army.

What's more, I'm afraid that only if Wu Mingche sits in Zhongli, Fan Meng won't dare to say anything, after all, compared to Wu Mingche, he Fan Meng is still worse after all.

Wu Mingche coughed lightly, to tell the truth, this Huainan Wu Mingche really doesn't want to go anymore, in the final analysis, he is now an old man in his last years, and the old diseases of all sizes that fell on the battlefield when he was young will come out to torture him from time to time, for the battlefield battle, long before the battle of Luliang, Wu Mingche was actually a little tired, but because of Chen Ji's urging, he had to lead the army to fight.

This time, everyone has already returned to Jiankang Mansion, and Wu Mingche certainly has no desire to continue to run to Huainan and Wang Liang to fight wits and courage again.

After a lifetime of travel, now that people are old, they finally have to take a breath.

"Your Majesty is here to ask people, in the old man's heart, there is really one who can support the overall situation of Huainan," Wu Mingche said after consideration, "I don't know if Your Majesty wants to know?" ”

"Oh? Let's hear about it. Chen Ji didn't wait for Wu Mingche to take the initiative to ask for help, he was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Wu Mingche had already returned home this time, and it was not so easy to let him go on the expedition.

After all, now that the generals of Nan Chen are in the middle of nowhere, it is not a bad thing that they can discover a few outstanding generals.