Chapter Twenty-Six: A Chance Encounter (Part II)

"Youtu..."Zhu Chongjiu glared at Wu Liangmou fiercely and scolded in a low voice. Liu joined the army because he was afraid that our army would make too many enemies and divide the forces too much..."

"The last general said more than just this one thing......," Wu Liangmou stiffened his neck and responded very unconvinced, "Our Huai'an army is always too soft on the other forces around us. When the last general and many of the brothers under the last general talked about it, they felt very breathless. If it were the Mongols, they would not dare to toss like this..."

"Alright, you step back first. Before the Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, our army would never take the initiative to provoke a war against its colleagues..."Zhu Chongjiu glared at him again, frowning and waving his hand.

"Yes, the last general obeys..."Wu Liangmou snorted and saluted, then turned to leave. When passing by Liu Bowen and Tang Zihao, he deliberately increased a little strength on his feet, and stomped his combat boots with a "knock" sound.

"Don't be like him, this kid is born with a straight heart. It's not deliberately aimed at anyone..."Zhu Chongjiu looked at his back and shook his head, quickly turned his gaze to Liu Bowen, and explained in a low voice.

Liu Bowen once admired many of Zhu Chongba's administrative measures very much, and in his daily deliberations, he was also trying to pull the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion in the direction of traditional scientific principles, but these could not be grounds for doubting his integrity. At least, Zhu Chongjiu doesn't think that while Liu Bowen is giving advice to himself, he will also have residual affection for the Hezhou army.

"General Wu is a military general, so he naturally expects to win fame immediately..."Liu Bowen took half a step back and bowed his hand gently, but the expression on his face looked very unnatural.

The reason why he chose to join Zhu Chongjiu's shogunate was largely due to the fact that Tokhtar blew up the Yellow River in Suiyang to kill people, which completely aroused the righteous indignation in his heart, so that he could no longer bear a group of murderous demons raging on the land of China. Another reason why he did not want to be known was that he wanted to influence Zhu Chongjiu through his own subtlety, so that the latter would not deviate too far from Confucianism.

Clearly, the latter efforts have so far had little effect. Not only is Zhu Chongjiu a deviant, but most of the civil and military forces in the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion are now deeply suspicious of Cheng Zhuzhixue. There is even a group of readers, with Luo Guanzhong and Feng Guoyong as the core, faintly forming a new genre. openly announced that he wanted to go back to the past, and the more Cheng Zhu went by, he directly threw himself into the door of Yasheng Mencius. To "seek benevolence", to "learn things", to be eclectic, to accept the strengths of a hundred schools.

This made Liu Bowen feel very resentful and lonely. Although he also has a group of followers around him who insist that Cheng Zhu Lixue is the right path, it is much weaker than the influence of Luo Guanzhong and Feng Guoyong and others on the entire Grand Governor's Mansion. Especially in terms of influence on the military, the two sides are simply incomparable.

Fortunately, the Huai'an Army is now developing rapidly as a whole, and there are many upward channels, so although there are political disagreements between the people, they still stay in the process of gentlemen's disputes, and they will not be the same party. Otherwise, even with Zhu Chongjiu's unconditional support, Liu Bowen would have been kicked out of the decision-making circle far away, and it would be impossible for him to stand up until now.

"The boss is really enviable. All words can be said in a clear place, and no one needs to hide them..."As the fuse of today's dispute, Tang Zihao was more embarrassed than anyone present. Before the Huai'an army killed people, he hurriedly spoke out to find everyone under the steps.

"I'm not afraid of disputes, only one voice is talking in the entire hall, it's the most terrifying..."Zhu Chongjiu himself didn't feel very comfortable, and immediately followed Tang Zihao's words. Anything can be said before making a final decision. But after a decision is made, whether it is for or against, it must be implemented to the letter..."

"The chief manager is very good..."Tang Zihao heard this, laughed and stroked his palms.

"You can't spend all your energy on internal friction..."Zhu Chongjiu shook his head and responded with a smile. Zhu's capital is small, and he can't afford it..."

The two sang together, tacitly resolving the awkward atmosphere. As for Tang Zihao's original mention to the Huai'an Army, whether it harbored evil intentions, he couldn't continue to investigate it even with it.

"Berwyn was right... Eating the land of the Five Roads in one go does exceed the current maximum capacity of my Huai'an Army..."Seeing that the atmosphere has almost eased, Zhu Chongjiu smiled and turned the conversation back to the main topic, "So Tang Zuo's previous mention is probably not being adopted by the general manager... Please also ask Tang Zuo not to be too disappointed..."

"It's okay, it's okay... Tang just wants to repay the boss..."Tang Zihao smiled and waved his hand politely. "Of course, the chief manager has to decide for himself what to do. How dare Tang mess with his beak? …”

"But Taiping Road, our army must not take it..."Zhu Chongjiu nodded at him kindly, and turned his gaze to Liu Bowen again, "Therefore, I have to bother Liu to join the army and lead a group of staff officers, and try my best to come up with a new battle plan." Give full play to the advantages of our army on the water, avoid Kang Maocai's main force, and go straight to Quarry Rock. In this battle, the goal is to obtain the three roads of Taiping, Jiqing and Guangde, at least, to hold the Taiping and Jiqing roads in their hands. ”

"Take the world in benevolence, not in the interests of soldiers... If it was" Liu Bowen's body quickly stiffened again, frowning and dissuading. However, he was only halfway through his words, but he swallowed it himself. The gloomy face is full of bitterness.

If the Huai'an army only takes the three routes of Taiping, Jiqing, and Guangde, the possibility of conflict with Zhang Shicheng and Peng Yingyu will be greatly reduced. Only on Zhu Chongba's side, it constituted a semi-encircled state. The development space of the latter is strictly limited to Luzhou, and unless a bloody road is fought to the west or south, it can only sit and wait for death.

And no matter whether Zhu Chongba fights with Xu Shouhui first in the west, or takes the initiative to provoke the Huai'an army, I am afraid that there will be no good results. Gaoyou's covenant clearly stipulates that there is a five-year period, and after finding sufficient excuses, a group of tiger and wolf generals of the Huai'an army will definitely not let the Hezhou army sleep soundly next to their couch...

Thinking of the hope of the great rule of the world that he had seen on Zhu Chongba's side, Liu Bowen felt a burst of bitterness in his heart. But he clearly knew that if anyone changed his position with Zhu Chongjiu, he would not be more tolerant of Zhu Chongba. After all, the two sides still have to compete for the Central Plains in the end, and the governing concepts of the two sides are so incompatible...

"Again, before the Mongols withdrew from the Central Plains, the Huai'an army would not take the initiative to attack any of their colleagues..."As if guessing the feelings in Liu Bowen's heart, Zhu Chongjiu smiled and took a few steps forward and patted him lightly on the shoulder. If I could, I would like to sit down and talk to all the best people in the world. Whether everyone believes in the way of Confucius and Mencius, or the way of Huang Lao, or even those concepts of Mingjiao, as long as it is for the good of the country, they can talk about it. The same is for the people to have a full stomach, how much difference is there between eating bread and eating naan? Blindly fighting and killing will only make outsiders see jokes!"

"The lord is right, Ji has been taught..."Liu Bowen smiled and bowed helplessly. Whether he really understands or is perfunctory, he is now firmly standing on the big ship of the Huai'an Army. Either you reach the other side with the group, or you are thrown into the water and drowned, there is no third option.

"Try to be as thorough as possible in your battle plan, taking into account all eventualities. Then hand over the plan to Xu Da and let him implement it at his discretion. Zhu Chongjiu stretched out his hand to support his arm and continued to advise seriously, "Go south this time, let Feng Guoyong give advice to Xu Da." You'd better stay with me and take control with me. ”

"Yes, my lord!" Liu Bowen bowed down again and responded in a low voice. There was something warm that slowly trickled into the nasal passages. Knowing that he sympathized with the state army, he still entrusted him with the responsibility of formulating the battle plan. In order to avoid the excessive burden in his heart, he deliberately made adjustments so that he did not have to see the blood of the Hezhou Army splashed on the battle flag of the Huai'an Army with his own eyes. With such a careful and considerate arrangement, how could he still be indifferent? …

"Liu Ji, Liu Ji, you will sell to the lord in this life, why think too much...", silently reading his name in his heart, Liu Bowen tried to hold back all the tears in his eyes. "The minister will live up to the trust..."

"Go ahead, try to be as fast as possible, don't miss the opportunity......" Zhu Chongjiu smiled and waved his hand, signaling Liu Ji to retire first. Then he quickly turned his face to Tang Zihao, "Didn't Lord Tang say that he brought a letter for Marshal Liu?" Where is the letter, can you give Zhu a certain view? ”

"Uh, in, in the heart of Xia Guan..." Tang Zihao was looking at Liu Bowen's back in a daze with envy on his face, and suddenly heard Zhu Chongjiu's words, and his heart suddenly began to panic, and the words he said became stammering, "Yes, it's a message." Liu, Marshal Liu, he, he doesn't like to write..."

"Let's hear it..."Zhu Chongjiu shook his head with a smile. I don't like to write, I'm afraid I don't want to tell the truth. If you really don't like writing, where did those orders you gave yourself come from?

"Please forgive me..."Tang Zihao also knew that his excuse was too lame, so he bowed down again, and added with a red face, "My Prime Minister Liu Cheng just wanted to sue the chief manager." Inviting Zhao Junyong and others to Bianliang to watch the ceremony was not his intention. He still hopes that all the red scarves in the world are brothers..."

"Marshal Liu's situation is already so difficult, how is this possible? Zhu Chongjiu immediately understood the meaning and asked in surprise. After going through so many things, his insight is not the same as that of the butcher who killed pigs back then. Very easily, it was deduced that the inside of the Yingzhou red scarf had reached the edge of the knife.

"It's not like that...", Zhu Chongjiu's words, Tang Zihao felt a lot more relaxed in his heart. sighed, and responded with a forced smile, "It's not like that, it's just that the marshal of my family, like the chief manager, doesn't want to have his brother's blood on his hands..."

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