Under the southern Zheng city of Hanzhong, the 300,000 Chu army and the 100,000 Shu army have been facing each other for nearly half a month. Both sides were unusually cautious, as if they were fighting a protracted war.

The main commander of the 100,000 Shu army is Shao Jingwen, this is the confidant of Uncle Shen's favorite general, and he is also the general of a hundred battles, the Chu army camp is five miles away from South Zhengcheng, from beginning to end, Huangfu Wujin did not give the order to attack, although the generals asked for war constantly, but Huangfu Wujin was unmoved.

There are even some theories in the camp that it is because His Royal Highness the regent remembers the old relationship and wants to force Shao Jingwen to surrender, although Huangfu Wujin and Shao Jingwen have a good sī relationship, but this time it has nothing to do with sī Jiao, he is waiting, waiting for Uncle Shen's movements, he knows that Shao Jingwen is actually waiting, waiting for the news of Uncle Shen Guo.

Huangfu Wujin received the news from Xianhai County that the Xinlong Trading House had been raided and Shen Qiwu had been arrested, and he believed that Uncle Shen Guo should have also received the news, and he would definitely come to him.

"Your Highness, Mr. Chan is here, waiting in the tent."

Huangfu Wujin nodded, Zen Ju came from Shuzhong, and he just wanted to find him, so he turned around and rode back to the main tent.

Twenty days ago, after Yongjing surrendered, he rushed to Shuzhou as an envoy to Shuzhou, he did not go to explore intelligence, but to visit several important county officials to understand public opinion.

"Mr. Tan has worked hard all the way!" Huangfu Wujin walked into the big tent with a smile.

Tan Ju hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Humble position, see Your Highness!" ”

"Mr. Slander doesn't need to be polite, please sit down and speak." Tan Ju sat down, and without waiting for Huangfu Wujin to ask him, he smiled and said: "Your Highness took Yongjing with power in exchange for the surrender of Empress Dowager Shen, which shows that you are wise." ”

"Are you saying that Empress Dowager Shen's will has worked in Shuzhou?" Huangfu Wujin asked with a slight smile.

"Exactly!"

Tan Ju said excitedly: "I visited Shu County, Meishan County, Ziyang County and Xincheng County, and the county officials all expressed their acceptance of the Queen Mother's will and recognized Luojing as the Daning Imperial Court. ”

"Are you sure they're genuinely supportive?" Huangfu Wujin asked with a smile.

"My subordinates can be sure!"

Tan Ju said eloquently: "The subordinates are also worried that the high-ranking officials of the county and county are one thing on the surface and one behind the scenes, so they went and quietly asked their staff and subordinates that they really no longer support Uncle Shen Guo according to his humble position in the civil investigation, Uncle Shen Guo has no self-reliance, and people are determined, no one wants a civil war, in the teahouse of Chengdu Mansion, occasionally someone said that Uncle Shen Guo wanted to establish himself as the emperor, and he was immediately refuted by other tea customers, and he was angry and condemned, which shows that the people do not support him to stand on his own. ”

Huangfu Wujin nodded, although this was his expectation, but Zen Ju was able to confirm his inference, which still made him very pleased, at this time he deeply realized the importance of orthodoxy, Shen Ji is not right, perverse, and finally spurned by the people of the world, the army was defeated, and he himself was killed by his own men.

Although he finally made enough concessions to the Empress Dowager Shen, he was exchanged for the recognition of the Empress Dowager Shen and the self-dissolution of the Yongjing Dynasty, which played an extremely important role in the recovery of Shuzhou.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing, it seems that Uncle Shen Guo is no longer in Chengdu Mansion."

Huangfu Wujin was slightly stunned, and at this moment, there was a faint sound of drums in the distance, and a personal soldier rushed into the big tent to report: "Your Highness, there is a large army in Shuzhou." ”

Huangfu Wujin walked out of the big tent quickly and quickly climbed the high platform, looking at Yuanzhi, and sure enough, he saw an army of tens of thousands of people moving in the direction of South Zhengcheng, about ten miles away.

"There is a person outside the camp gate of His Royal Highness who came to write a book, saying that it was sent by Uncle Shen Guo."

"Get him in!"

After a while, the soldiers brought a person over, it was a middle-aged man, and Huangfu Wujin recognized it at a glance, it was Shen Yuan, the cousin of Uncle Shen Guo.

Shen Yuan was the first batch of ministers who fled from Yongjing and fled to Shuzhou to join Uncle Shen, and he was quite important to Uncle Shen, so he made a special trip to write the book.

He stepped forward and gave a deep salute, neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "Shen Yuan, see His Royal Highness the Regent!" ”

Huangfu Wujin did not lù sè asked: "Lord Shen has a colleague to see me?" ”

"Shen Xiangguo wants to talk to His Highness and discuss the way to solve Shuzhou, I wonder if His Highness can have this sincerity?"

Huangfu Wujin is a little interested, Uncle Shen Guo actually wants to interview him?

"I don't know where to talk about it? In what form? ”

Shen Yuan bowed and said, "Shen Xiangguo said that in order to show our sincerity, the number, place and method are all decided by His Highness. ”

Huangfu Wujin nodded, he pondered for a moment and then said, "That's it!" There will be three men on each side, and no more than twenty followers, and the place will be above Baoshui, and the time will be at noon tomorrow. ”

The two sides agreed on the time and place, and Huangfu Wujin immediately ordered the withdrawal of ten miles, and in the heavy drumbeat, the 300,000 Chu army slowly retreated.

At noon the next day, Huangfu Wujin took Tan Ju and Zhou Yanbao, as well as twenty other personal soldiers, who took a boat of 500 stones, and according to the agreement, another boat followed.

Zhang Yannian led 50,000 cavalry to follow three miles away, which was the backup distance agreed by the two sides, and if something happened, he could rush to the rescue.

At this time, Uncle Shen's boat also came slowly, he was also a boat of 500 stones, and there was also a flat boat to follow, the two boats were five miles apart, and the two flat boats sailed forward respectively, and the sergeants on the boat each got on the other party's boat to check the number of followers.

With the waving of the red flag, the two slowly approached, Uncle Shen Guo stood on the bow of the boat, staring at the other party's ship with solemn eyes, beside him were Shen Yuan and Shao Jingwen, at this time, Uncle Shen Guo sighed slightly, turned back to Shao Jingwen and said: "Jingwen, you can think about it again, I will not force you, with your talent, stay in Luojing, at least one of the princes, and you may pay homage to the prime minister in the future, you better stay!" ”

Shao Jingwen shook his head, "I, Shao Jingwen, have never thought of betraying Xiangguo since I swore allegiance to Xiangguo ten years ago. ”

Uncle Shen Guo nodded, he was just testing Shao Jingwen, Shao Jingwen has an army of 100,000, once the negotiation fails, Shao Jingwen will face a choice, where he goes, this is related to his Uncle Shen Guo's life and death, fortunately, Shao Jingwen's answer made him very satisfied.

"Xiangguo, let's go up!" Shen Yuan saw the red flag waving on the opposite boat, so he reminded Uncle Shen.

"Let's go! Go meet our old friends. ”

Uncle Shen smiled slightly, the boat moved forward slowly, and soon it was staggered with the other party's ship, the board of the ship was on the board, and Huangfu Wujin and his men had been waiting for a long time, he hugged his fists and smiled: "Xiangguo's demeanor is still the same, and the people's reputation is outstanding, so that Wujin is deeply admired!" ”

Uncle Shen Guo walked across the board with a smile, and he also bowed his hand and saluted back: "Your Highness is completely different from before, he is already a dragon and phoenix among people, and the world is in the heart, and Shen Qin can only look up."

Huangfu Wujin nodded slightly to Shao Jingwen again, and then waved his hand: "I'm afraid that the country will win the award, please enter the cabin!" ”

"Please!"

The entourage of both sides stayed outside the cabin, and the six of them walked into the cabin, which had already been simply arranged, a table, two chairs, nothing else, not even tea, Uncle Shen Guo and Huangfu Wujin, the two of them sat down, and stood behind them.

Two of each of the soldiers came in to put the teacup and pour the tea, although polite, both sides were very cautious in the details, and there was no trace of it.

Huangfu Wujin first bowed and said: "Xiangguo is unwilling to be in the same stream with Shenji, clean himself, so that Wujin is deeply admired." Uncle Shen Guo nodded and said with some sadness: "Shen Ji is my brother after all, although the Tao is different, I still beg His Highness to give me his corpse." ”

"I have given the body to the Queen Mother, and she has buried him."

Uncle Shen Guo pondered for a while, so he asked again: "How are the Queen Mother and my nephew?" ”

"They will all live in Huaqing Palace for a long time, and their status is noble, and I have no intention of hurting them."

Uncle Shen Guo sighed, "Many things have changed because of a thought, if the Queen Mother is not so power-loving, but if she can listen to my advice, she should be ruled by dividing the river now, at least within ten years, you and I will not meet Your Highness, if Yongjing had formed an alliance with you instead of with the King of Qi, do you think you would go north or west." ”

Huangfu Wujin shook his head, "I understand what Xiangguo means, but I can tell Xiangguo frankly that since I took Baisha Island, I am ready to attack Qizhou, even if I form an alliance with Yongjing, I will still attack Qizhou in a year at most, and it is impossible to draw the river for ten years as Xiangguo said." ”

Uncle Shen Guo smiled bitterly, "Forget it, it won't help if you say it, don't mention it." ”

He stared at Huangfu Wujin again, and said slowly: "I Shenqin is a person who has read the book of sages, I know that the people are the foundation, and I know that I can't go against the sky, although I occupy the natural danger of Shuzhou, but the people's heart is no longer attached, and I don't want to cause the suffering of tens of millions of people because of my own heart, I want to ask Your Highness, if I surrender to Your Highness, how does Your Highness plan to settle me?" ”

Huangfu Wujin thought about this problem, he smiled slightly and said: "Luojing is a real administrative hall system, seven phases of governance, if Uncle Shen Guo is willing to surrender, I can expand the political hall to nine phases, Shen Xiangguo and Bai Mingkai joined, as for the position, it is still the head of the household, is Shen Xiangguo willing?" ”

Uncle Shen Guo was stunned, he didn't expect Huangfu Wujin to pay so much attention to him, for a while, he let out a long sigh and said: "I really don't hide it from Your Highness, I originally left a back road for myself, my Shen clan went overseas to build a country, in Luzon, I have been working hard there for three years, a small town has appeared by the sea, and a dock has been built, the population has been more than 6,000 people, all are coastal fishermen, my Shen clan has a lot of people in the past, if Your Highness can be gracious, I still want to go overseas to create my own country, Shuzhou's army I will stay, Without taking a single soldier with me, I myself have recruited thousands of soldiers in Jiuzhen County, and I will take them to open up the territory, and I promise Your Highness that my kingdom will always be attached to the Daning Dynasty! ”

Huangfu Wujin walked a few steps in the cabin with his hands behind his back, he walked to the front of the cabin, staring at the mountains in the distance, the Han River meandered in the mountains like a jade belt, he had some contradictions in his heart, as a ruler, a person like Uncle Shen should not be easily released, in the future, his descendants will be strong, and it is likely to counterattack the mainland, but as an aspiring monarch, he cannot be limited to the throne of himself and his descendants, he should have a broader vision, and should encourage more Han people to start businesses overseas, Even to create his own country, he knows how wide the world is, and he knows how fertile and vast the land is on the other side of the vast ocean.

After pondering for a long time, he slowly walked back to his seat and sat down, Uncle Shen was as nervous, Huangfu Wujin had already arrested his son and seized his trading house, and he might let him go! Can he believe that he will not attack the mainland in the future? He was uneasy in his heart, he had no way back, the words had been broken, it was impossible for Huangfu Wujin to let him be the prime minister in the Daning Imperial Court again, if Huangfu Wujin did not agree, it would mean that the negotiations broke down.

"Does Shin Sang-kook know? To the south of Luzon are the Nanyang Islands, and further south of the Nanyang Islands, there is an endless continent, even wider than the territory of our Daning Dynasty, if Xiangguo goes west and crosses the vast ocean, you will also see a more vast land, several times the size of our Daning Dynasty, where the land is fertile, only sparse natives, I hope that Shen Xiangguo can be like me, to look at thousands of miles away. After speaking, Huangfu Wujin stood up and stretched out his hand to Uncle Shen Guo, this is the gift of holding hands of his peers, Uncle Shen Guo understood, tears rolled in his eyes, he took a deep breath, held Huangfu Wujin's hand, and said in a somewhat choked voice: "In a few years, I will come to see Your Majesty in person!" ”

Yanfu Wujin looked at Shao Jingwen again, Shao Jingwen silently took a step closer to Uncle Shen's side, and Huangfu Wujin bowed his hand to him, "Brother Shao, take care of yourself!" ”

"Take care, Your Majesty!" Shao Jingwen's eyes were also a little red.

Huangfu Wujin's eyes were sour, and he forced a smile, "Let's go!" Go to Nanhai County, I will release Shen Qiwu and Xinlong Commercial Bank, I wish you all a smooth journey! ”

Uncle Shen gave a deep salute to Huangfu Wujin, then turned away, and never looked back.

Two months later, Uncle Shen arrived in Panyu County, Nanhai County, hundreds of large ships were ready, including weapons, medicines, tents, seeds, farm tools, tools, oil, charcoal and other materials were fully loaded on board, Huangfu Wujin sent them 20 artillery pieces, 1,000 flintlock pistols and a large amount of ammunition, so that they could conquer the local natives.

He was accompanied by more than 3,000 sailors and their families who volunteered to go overseas, numbering tens of thousands.

"Father, the hour has come, get on board!" Shen Qiwu gently urged Wen Qin.

Uncle Shen Guo slowly knelt down, opened a handkerchief, put a handful of clay into the handkerchief, wrapped it, and put it into his arms, he kowtowed deeply three times in the direction of his hometown, and tears couldn't help but roll out.

"Let's go! to establish the Shen State. ”

Uncle Shen Guo stood up, and finally walked on the big boat with his son, by the string of the boat, Uncle Shen Guo waved goodbye to Tan Ju and the officials of Nanhai County who saw him off, and said goodbye to his hometown of Chuzhou, the big ship raised its sails and set sail, and hundreds of big ships went farther and farther, turning into a group of small black dots, gradually disappearing at the end of the sea.

At the same time that Uncle Shen led his people to Luzon Island to open up the territory and establish a state, an expeditionary fleet of 500 warships, loaded with 15,000 Ryukyu warriors, also marched to the north, and their goal was the Kyushu Island of the Japanese country, which was the Chen family finally began their expeditionary battle after nearly a year of preparation.

On the flagship, Chen Ying restored her female warrior attire, with a head rope tied on the top of her head "floating high on her head like a helmet, wearing a black sharkskin tightsuit inside, a tight-fitting gold scale armor outside, two tuǐ long and straight, two black and slender arms luǒlù outside, shining with a healthy luster in the sun, holding a horizontal knife in her hand, a bow and arrow on her back, her eyes were still bright, but at this time there was a touch of sadness.

She stood on the side of the ship and stared at the west silently, in the distant continent, there was a lover who made her unforgettable, her father Chen Anbang slowly walked to her side, he understood his daughter's thoughts, he looked at the west and smiled slightly: "After taking Kyushu Island, I will go to Beijing to pay homage to him, he promised me to take the princess of the Ryukyu Kingdom as a concubine." ”

Chen Ying didn't speak, she still stared at the west, but a flame of hope ignited in her sad eyes.

It is with hope that life will be beautiful.

(End of book)!.