"Yang Lao smokes young branches, which can be used as a bell hammer. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info This Yang Xingmi gave birth to a good son, so he doesn't have to worry about these problems. Looking at the two sons who were still arguing below, Zhong Chuan couldn't help but sigh secretly.

This quarrel was just a repetition of all these years of constant quarrels, and he had long since been bored with it, and there had been several times when he had made up his mind to make a decision, but in the end it had not been resolved, and this time was no exception.

"Enough! Noisy, endless? Lone is a little tired, you all stand down......"

Zhong Chuan himself doesn't have an idea, what's the use of the people below arguing? If these people's quarrels can be settled, then the question of the heir will only be decided a few years ago.

After everyone retreated, a middle-aged man stayed behind and preached to Zhong alone: "King, in the opinion of the ministers, the army has been assembled for several days, but the selection of the commander has not been decided. If the two sons continue to quarrel, I am afraid that Huainan will already be prepared. Therefore, the king was asked to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

This person's name is Xu Yanxiu, who is Zhong Chuan's number one strategist, who once served as a close minister of the Son of Heaven and drafted an edict for the Son of Heaven; However, later the eunuchs controlled the government, Xu Yanxiu was reluctant to serve the eunuchs, and heard that Jiangxi Zhongchuan was recruiting scribes everywhere, so he came to serve.

As a bystander, Xu Yanxiu was very aware of the dangers of the heir's delay in deciding, so he had advised Zhong Chuan many times, but Zhong Chuan obeyed him elsewhere, but he did not listen to him on the issue of heirs.

"Oh, what do you think? Don't talk about those clichés, I've heard enough of Lonely! Zhong Chuan said a little impatiently.

"What the minister means is that since the king can't make a decision, then why don't you take this time to send troops to Shezhou as a test?"

"Test? Tell me how to use it as a test? Zhong was interested.

"Simple, divide the army into two, let the two princes lead them separately, and the king will send the generals in the army to assist them, so that the king can see clearly what their ability is. In the future, we will be able to make a decision as the heir. Xu Yanxiu said slowly.

"Divide the army in two? That's too risky, isn't it? Zhong Chuan hesitated.

The conquest of the army is not child's play, and the object of the battle is not a small role such as Fuzhou Wei Quan, but the strong Huainan army in the south. An army of 60,000 seems like a lot, but after being divided into two, will the Huainan army take the opportunity to break through each one? He knew that the two sons were like fire and water, and when they arrived on the battlefield, they were afraid that one party would be in danger and the other party would not be saved.

"The king can rest assured that the two sons are smart people, and they just quarrel with each other in normal times, and when they get to the battlefield, they will definitely not be stupid enough to fight each other again."

"And, in the minister's opinion, there shouldn't be much danger in sending troops this time. There are three reasons for the minister, the first point is that Huainan has used troops again and again in the past year, although he has won many battles, but it must also be the end of the strong crossbow; In addition, the internal reorganization of the army has just been carried out, which will certainly have a considerable impact on the combat effectiveness of the army; The second point is that I heard that the king of Liang has defeated Wang Shifan and asked the generals to lead the troops to continue the attack, and he has led the main force back to Daliang. If we send troops to Huainan, King Liang may also take the opportunity to go south. The third point is that compared to our Jiangxi, King Liang and King Yue are the great enemies of Huainan, even if Huainan wants to concentrate its forces to deal with one first, it will deal with the two of them first. Xu Yanxiu analyzed with confidence on his face.

Zhong Chuan pondered, and after a long time, he said, "Okay, just do what you say." ”

Immediately, Zhong Chuan ordered the officials who had just dispersed to be summoned back, and as soon as he spoke, he said: "Regarding the selection of the leading generals, there has been no conclusion after arguing for so long, and it is time to make a decision." This time, Lone decided to ......"

Below, Zhong Kuangshi and Zhong Yangui, as well as many officials, became nervous, wanting to know how Zhong Chuan decided.

I only heard Zhong Chuan say slowly: "Lone decided, this time the soldiers will be divided into two ways, led by Kuang Shi and Yangui respectively, and will not interfere with each other......"

Beam.

Since the Huainan army led by Wang Maozhang withdrew to Guangling in early August, the morale of the remaining Qingzhou army was even lower, and they were defeated by the Liang army one after another, and could only be trapped in Qingzhou. Therefore, after Zhu Quanzhong left his general Yang Shihou to continue to attack Qingzhou, he led the main force of the Liang army back to Daliang.

In today's situation, Wang Shifan has basically calmed down, and Li Keyong's strength has not recovered since last year's defeat, and he is now recuperating, so the threat is not great; However, the recent Huainan Yang Xingmi attacked from all sides, and there was a lot of movement, especially Wang Maozhang killed Zhu Youning in the first battle of Qingzhou, and then escaped by boat overnight, which made him feel haunted in his heart.

So after returning to Daliang, Zhu Quanzhong summoned Jing Xiang, Li Zhen and other strategists to begin to discuss the next move.

He planned to personally lead his troops south, firstly, to avenge the revenge of Qingzhou, and secondly, to rescue Duhong of Ezhou, who was besieged by Li Shenfu, but was opposed by Jingxiang.

"King, since last year, our army has been fighting continuously, and there has been no rest for a moment, and this time it is from Qingzhou in a hurry, if you go south immediately, I am afraid that the preparation is a little insufficient!" Jing Xiang said loudly.

He felt that Huainan was not so easy to deal with, and it could be seen from Wang Maozhang's battle of Qingzhou alone, if he hurriedly went south without sufficient preparation, maybe it would be another defeat for Qingkou.

"Why can't the king personally lead his army south?" Another strategist, Li Zhen, was on Zhu Quanzhong's side: "Although our army is tired, the Huainan army is no better, and they have also fought endlessly since last year. What's more, Ezhou Du Hong is the wife used by the king to contain Huainan, and now that he is in danger, how can he sit idly by! ”

"Du Hong naturally wants to save it, but the king doesn't need to go in person! In the opinion of the ministers, the Huainan army that attacked Du Hong did not have many troops, and the king only needed to order a general to lead tens of thousands of troops south. Jing Xiang said.

At this time, a guard outside came in and presented a document, Zhu Quanzhong took it and looked at it, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "King, what's wrong?" ”

Zhu Quanzhong handed the document to Jing Xiang and said angrily: "It's Li Maozhen." Recently, Li Maozhen and his righteous son Jing Nanjie Du made Yang Chongben raise troops to attack Gyeonggi again, I am afraid that they want to hijack the Son of Heaven to go west to Fengxiang again! ”

I can't help but be angry, from November last year to November last year, it took Zhu Quanzhong a year to completely defeat Li Maozhen and force him to hand over the Son of Heaven, and Zhu Quanzhong in order to kidnap the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, and more importantly, Fengxiang City was too strong to be breached, so he agreed to Li Maozhen's peace.

Who knows, it's only been half a year, and Li Maozhen, who has just recovered a little strength, actually has the ambition to raise troops to compete with him.