Chapter 777: Open Fight and Secret Fight
The demise of King Fu made the lively Nanjing gradually subside, and the army of the Southern Alliance was no longer able to unite without coordination, and the scattered southern army could no longer pose any threat to the Dongjiang Army.
Naturally, one or two vassal kings alone were no match for the Dongjiang army, so knowing that they were invincible, these vassal kings quickly withdrew from the boundaries of Nanjing and maintained a restrained mentality with the Dongjiang army.
Zhu Yihai quietly took Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, who returned to Shun, to Guangdong, Zhu Yihai's domain was in Fujian, and Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo still had some territory in Guangdong. These are all springboards for Zhu Yihai to expand his power, and he can completely use Huang Degong's previous territory to occupy the whole of Guangdong.
This is also why Zhu Yihai accepted Huang Degong's surrender, with the assistance of the two of them, in Guangdong, Zhu Yihai can justifiably send troops to Guangdong.
Zhu Yihai quietly went to Guangdong, but many vassal kings still led their armies to confront the Dongjiang army on the border of Nanjing. No one wants to return to their own domain like this, and they are all looking for any opportunity to expand their own power, or to annex others to strengthen themselves.
It is precisely because of this mind that now, these vassal kings have begun to fight openly and secretly. On the surface, the powerful vassal kings began to win over some of the less powerful vassal kings, and secretly, the equally powerful vassal kings would use some insidious means to deal with those forces they considered potential enemies.
You come and go, come and go, and more than a dozen vassal kings have made the originally stable southern army into a miasma. Everyone only cared about the infighting, and they had no time to take care of the Dongjiang Army on the side.
And this is exactly what Mao Wenlong wants to see, as long as the vassal kings in the south do not unite together, but continue to fight with each other like this, maybe they will collapse in the future, and Mao Wenlong doesn't even need to make a move.
King Fu was defeated, the southern army fell apart, and the most disturbing was Chongzhen. The situation was originally very good, but seeing that the Dongjiang Army was about to come to a catastrophe, but there was a big reversal again, which made Chongzhen feel helpless.
"The sky is going to kill my Ming, why in the end, why does God have to check with me Zhu Youjian and can't get by......" Chongzhen, who looked up to the sky with a decadent face, sighed.
The long gray hair, as well as the long-term unhappiness, have completely crushed this emperor. He was just in his early fifties, and at the moment he looked no different from an old man of seventy, or even worse.
And Wu Chengen, who is more than ten years older than him, will look much younger than Chongzhen. Chongzhen's emotion made Wu Chengen feel uncomfortable, this time Chongzhen poured all his might, but he failed to bring any improvement to the stormy Zhu family.
Now those vassal kings gathered together and refused to leave, and began to intrigue again, openly and secretly. If you don't fight the Dongjiang Army, your own people will come to the nest first, which makes people helpless.
"Your Majesty, don't be pessimistic, although the current situation in the south is unfavorable, it is not completely without a turnaround." Wu Chengen suddenly opened his mouth to persuade Chongzhen.
"It's already like this, you don't have to comfort me anymore, it's useless to say more......" Chongzhen has completely become a dying man at this moment, without any passion in his heart.
Seeing Chongzhen like this, Wu Chengen smiled rarely and said: "Your Majesty, it's not that the slave and maid comfort you, but you really don't have to be too pessimistic." ”
Hearing such affirmative words, Chongzhen finally came back to his senses, but he still didn't believe it, he asked suspiciously, "Where do you start with this?" ”
Wu Chengen replied: "Does the emperor remember the Yihai King of Fujian?" ”
"Zhu Yihai?" Chongzhen obviously didn't know this person.
Wu Chengen had seen through Chongzhen's expression, so he stopped selling Guan Zi and said bluntly: "Lord Yihai is the first person to calculate King Fu this time, and King Fu is precisely defeated at the hands of Lord Yihai." ”
"Oh, and here's it!" Chongzhen was surprised.
What is the character of the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, he, the emperor, knows very well, it is no exaggeration to say that they are all Adou who can't be supported. In Chongzhen's eyes, King Fu is still worthy of the task, but the ending is also a tragic ending.
Now I suddenly heard that there is another prince who can defeat King Fu, so at least it proves that this prince should be even more powerful than King Fu. Among the many vassal kings, there is still such a person he doesn't know, so it's no wonder that Chongzhen is surprised.
Wu Chengen nodded and continued: "And the slave maid has already inquired, and the prince of Yihai is not with those princes who are fighting in the infighting, but quietly led the army to Guangdong. Although it has not yet been clarified what happened to Lord Yihai going to Guangdong, the slave guessed that it should be to expand his power. When the other princes didn't pay attention, he could easily take Guangdong. ”
Hearing this, Chongzhen suddenly became interested: "Do you think this prince is a talent?" ”
Wu Chengen paused for a moment and said solemnly: "At least the current performance of the Lord of the Sea is incomparable to other princes. ”
Chongzhen nodded in agreement, he pondered for a moment, and asked Wu Chengen again: "Then what do you want to mention this matter to me?" ”
Wu Chengen arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the icing on the cake is nothing, but it is different to send charcoal in the snow." Now is the time for the prince to rise, if we try our best to help him now, he will definitely have to admit his love to the emperor in the future. ”
Chongzhen frowned, and said dissatisfiedly, "You mean that I want to curry favor with him now?" ”
Wu Chengen nodded and said, "Not only must we please you, but you must also give the prince some real help or benefits." ”
Chongzhen didn't say much, he pondered for a long time, and suddenly nodded and said, "Yes, the world of the Zhu family should not be touched by others." No matter what Zhu Yihai says, he is also a member of the Zhu family, and there is no reason why I should not help him. ”
"Just ......"
"What's the emperor's trouble?"
"It's just that I'm too busy to take care of myself now, and there's still room to help him." Not to mention helping Zhu Yihai, even if he himself is now unable to feel at ease all day long.
"Your Majesty, we don't actually have to give that to the prince, and the prince may not accept the help we have on the surface." Wu Chengen shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Chongzhen now wants no people, no money, nothing to want, and almost nothing to interfere with. But fortunately, he is always the real emperor of the Great Tomorrow, and this one person has no other semicolon.
"So how do I help him?" Chongzhen was suddenly a little upset, and his tone was unconsciously aggravated.
The slave maid thought to herself, what the prince urgently needed should be the emperor's Chrysostom or a holy decree. The current prince is strong, and he is steady, and it is entirely possible to unify the south, and if the prince needs to establish the Southern Ming Dynasty in the future, then he should need to be recognized by the emperor in order to be justified. Wu Chengen cautiously said the words in his heart.