"What General Ren said is inappropriate." Without waiting for Ren Zhong to finish speaking, Shang Shu Ling Jiang shook his head and said, "Now that the troops are coming to the city, the general does not think about the saint and leads the army to defend the imperial capital, but wants to cross the Jiangbei to launch a counterattack against the enemy, is it too whimsical?" ”

Mr. Jiang was the first assistant of Nan Chen, and his words had a significant impact on Chen Shubao, making Chen Shubao's mind that had been moved by Ren Zhong's words become hesitant again, and he couldn't help but turn his gaze to Sikong Sima, who had only been driven back to Jiangnan by the Sui army not long ago.

"The original intention of General Ren's strategy is good, but I don't know how many soldiers and horses the general wants to lead to cross the river to fight?" Sima eliminated the difficulty because of the new defeat in Jiangbei, and in order to save face, he asked Ren Zhong.

"10,000 soldiers and horses are enough. The last general understood that Sikong had led the army to garrison Huainan and Jiangbei all the year round, and that there were still a large number of soldiers of our army lurking among the people, and if the general could lead the army to cross the river, he would definitely be able to get the enthusiastic response of these soldiers and soldiers, and the certainty of victory would have increased a few points. Ren Zhong replied with a fist.

"Ten thousand soldiers? As far as I know, this time the Sui Dynasty attacked the three-way army, and the East Route Army led by Yang Guang was actually the main force of the three-way army and horses, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and General Ren's 10,000 soldiers and horses did not wait to cross the river, but they were afraid of ......" Sima Xiaonan frowned and questioned.

Although Sima did not say it explicitly, it was similar to what President Jiang had seen, and it was very obvious that he did not agree with Ren Zhong's suggestion of crossing the river with surprise troops.

Seeing that everyone had different opinions, it was difficult for him to come up with an eyebrow for a while, and because he was worried about Gu Zi'er, who was still in his dormitory, he ordered Mr. Jiang to stay alone, and ordered the others to retreat for the time being, and each went back to be ready to lead the army to meet the enemy.

"This time the Sui army crossed the river to attack, didn't there be any news from Jiangbei in advance?" When only the two monarchs and ministers were left in the palace, Chen Shubao asked Mr. Jiang.

Mr. Jiang knew that Chen Shubao was asking about "Wild Goose's Nest" and Guan Zizai, so he shook his head and replied: "Chen and Guan Zizai have lost contact for many days, and they have not received any news from him. ”

Chen Shubao glared at Mr. Jiang with dissatisfaction, thought for a while, and ordered him: "You immediately send someone to cross the river to Guangling, be sure to get in touch with the 'Yanchao', and order them to make a move in Jiangbei to interfere with the Sui army's attack on Jiankang after crossing the river. ”

"In recent years, Guan Zizai has often ignored His Majesty's edicts and acted without authorization, and this time he has lost contact with his ministers for a long time, and he does not know his life and death now. According to the minister's wishes, do you want to choose another capable person to go to Jiangbei to replace him......"

"Bold!" Chen Shubao said angrily, "Guan Zizai was originally the deputy leader of the 'Wild Goose's Nest' personally selected by his father, and even I have no right to depose him, why do you say such arrogant words?" Stand down and do as I tell you. ”

Mr. Jiang didn't expect that a leader of the fine work sent to Chang'an to lurk for many years would have a hidden position in the emperor's heart above his own Shangshu order, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word that was unfavorable to Guan Zizi, so he obeyed the order and withdrew from the Guangzhao Palace.

Chen Shubao had a gloomy face, turned around and walked out of the Guangzhao Palace, and returned to the Linchun Pavilion behind the palace, seeing the bed in the pavilion, Gu Zi'er was sitting on the edge of the bed with sleepy eyes, looking at herself with a pair of beautiful eyes and affection, and couldn't help but leave everything else behind, and couldn't help but step forward and push her down on the bed, and she wanted to do things like clouds and rain.

Gu Zi'er was unprepared for a while, she was pressed down on the bed by Chen Shubao, stretched out her hand to take off her clothes and pants, and hurriedly gasped and stopped slightly: "Your Majesty, what time has it been, aren't you afraid that Xiao Lang will know about this and no one will fight for the emperor's army again?" It's better to let the concubine go back early. As he spoke, he turned over and broke free from Chen Shubao's entanglement, and got out of bed.

Chen Shubao was woken up by Gu Zi'er's words, and reluctantly lay on the bed with his hands, looked at Gu Zi'er and said: "More than ten years ago, I wanted to ask your eldest sister as a concubine but couldn't, and today I want to linger with you for a long time but can't. ”

Gu Zi'er heard Chen Shubao mention a past incident more than ten years ago in front of her, so she lowered the corners of her mouth and replied with jealousy: "It's strange that the eldest sister dares to send her and the little girl from Yuwen back to Jiangzuo, it turns out that Your Majesty still remembers the old relationship with her!" The concubine heard a legend a few days ago that the eldest sister had defected to the Sui Dynasty, resulting in the killing of more than 5,000 fine works sent by the imperial court to Jiangbei to lurk, and His Majesty didn't mind this? ”

When Chen Shubao heard this, he sat up from the bed, and told Gu Zi'er with a straight face: "After you leave the palace today, you must leave Jiankang immediately with the dust and return to the Huiji Mountains to live in seclusion." No matter what happens in the future, you will no longer be allowed to show your real identity and name, have you written it down? ”

Why is that? If Xiao Lang asked, how should the concubine explain it to him? Gu Zi'er asked puzzled.

"Just do what I tell you to do, don't ask. Xiao Maha is about to lead the army in the near future, and he will not hinder you. Chen Shubao ordered Gu Zi'er in an unusually rare tone.

Ordered the eunuch Cai Tuo'er to send Gu Zi'er away, and when Chen Shubao was meditating alone in the Linchun Pavilion, he got up and went out of the door and walked towards the Jieqi Pavilion where the concubine Zhang Lihua lived.

Zhang Lihua had heard about Chen Shubao's secret invitation of Xiao Maha's wife Gu Zi'er to the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, but she ignored her attitude of not asking about Chen Shubao and other concubines. Seeing that the husband suddenly came to the Jieqi Pavilion at noon, he hurriedly got up and greeted him with a smile, and asked with concern: "The concubine heard early in the morning that the Sui army has attacked the river, at this time, Your Majesty did not convene the ministers to discuss the plan to withdraw the army, how could you have time to come to the Jieqi Pavilion?" ”

"Don't hide it from Concubine Ai, I want you to lead Shen'er out of Beijing to avoid military disasters first, and then return to Beijing to reunite with me after the Sui army retreats to Jiangbei, how about it?" Chen Shubao had no intention of explaining more to Zhang Lihua, and directly explained his intentions.

"Since Shen'er is the crown prince, he should follow his mother-in-law, the queen mother, to go out of Beijing to avoid trouble, and the concubine is only willing to accompany His Majesty and never give up." Zhang Lihua blurted out without thinking.

No matter Chen Shubao's repeated persuasion, Zhang Lihua insisted on refusing to leave his side, and left Beijing alone with the crown prince Chen Shen to avoid trouble. Chen Shubao reluctantly persuaded her, so he had to order someone to go to the East Palace to deliver a decree, and ordered the crown prince Chen Shen to leave Beijing with the queen Shen to avoid trouble.

How do you know that although the crown prince Chen Shen is only fifteen years old, he has a similar temperament to his biological mother, and he refuses to leave his father and mother to escape from Beijing alone, but instead summons the six rates of the East Palace, and wants to personally put on the battle to meet the Sui army.

Chen Shubao was deeply moved by Zhang Lihua's mother-son attitude of vowing to live and die with him, so after taking care of the aftermath, he decided not to adopt Ren Zhong's suggestion, and sent the general of the DPRK to the east of the city to meet He Ruobi, so as to intercept the Sui army on the front line of Jiangshan.