Chapter 785: Mixed Blessings
In the face of Wang Xu's inquiry, Xu Shu said with a smile: "The year before last, Dian Man begged his father Dian Wei to marry him, but he was scolded by Dian Wei, saying that he had failed to succeed, his reputation was not good, and he wanted to marry your sister, but that stupid boy was afraid that he would hurt his self-esteem, so he came to me and said a word, and resolutely went to the frontier to join the army." β
"What did he say?" Wang Xu asked.
"Let me give him some time and opportunity, and when he makes his military exploits, he will come to propose marriage when he becomes a general, not only him, but even Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu also likes Yingying, and the two go to the frontier together!"
Wang Xu was happy and said with a smile: "This silly boy, he has liked Yingying for so many years, even if he wants to say it, he should talk to Yingying and tell you what to do?" If Yingying doesn't like this, what's the use? They don't know my character, don't Dian Wei and Zhang Liao know yet? It's also up to these two stupid boys? β
Xu Shu shook his head: "Dian Wei didn't care, said that Dian Man's personality is up to him, some things are relatively dull, he is grinding out because of your careful cultivation, but he doesn't know how to teach Dian Man, so he hopes that Dian Man will sharpen himself more and get out of his own way." β
"As for Zhang Liao, he is stationed in Yongzhou all the year round, leaving only his eldest son Zhang Hu to apprentice with Huangfu Song in Xiangyang and study in Dongqing Academy, I'm afraid I don't know it yet! At that time, I saw that both of them were quite ambitious, and coupled with Dian Wei's statement, I went with them, and promised to help Zhang Hu hide it. β
"You said yes? Didn't Zhang Liao tell Zhang Liao about it? Wang Xu exclaimed.
"Both of them are so old, it's good to sharpen them, you guys have already fought countless battles at this age, how can you not give them a chance? The future of the Chu State always depends on them to support it. Besides, I also handed them over to my brother Xu Sheng. Nothing should go wrong! Xu Shu said.
Wang Xu heard that Xu Shu didn't tell Zhang Liao about it. He looked a little annoyed: "What do you think about this?" Our group of people are all eliminated in the troubled times, everyone has their own methods and characteristics of survival, but they are different, they grew up in a relatively comfortable environment, they have never seen a corpse thousands of miles away, what is it like for a dead person to be eaten by wild dogs, and how does the mind meet the conditions? If there is no basic military training. If you go into battle to kill the enemy with an attitude of chasing utilitarianism, it's no wonder if nothing happens! β
As he spoke, Wang Xu seemed to suddenly think of something and suddenly paused. "Wait, who did you just say you handed it over?"
"My brother, Xu Sheng! What's wrong? Questions? Xu Shu was told by Wang Xu, although she felt that it made sense, she was still uncomfortable, and her tone was slightly annoyed.
"You handed them over to Xu Sheng?" Wang Xu instantly showed a look of horror, and instantly attracted all the attention.
"What's wrong? Why is there such a big reaction? β
"Oops! Wen Xiang's character. It seems to be lenient, but in fact it is rigorous. Leading the army never talks about personal feelings, and if the two boys in the past, if they reveal their purpose and are still proud and complacent, they will definitely be sent to the front line to do the heaviest and most dangerous work! β
"This ......" Xu Shu frowned, thought about it, but said: "It's okay to be tired, it's also an experience!" β
"It's not a matter of being tired, it's that Jiaozhou is definitely fighting now!" Wang Xu's face was full of bitterness: "Two boys with problems in their minds and problems in their goals, when they met Xu Sheng, a person who was wide on the outside and strict on the inside, he was definitely put on the front line and fought the hardest battle." Originally, this is nothing, although they are good seedlings, but Meiyu is not grinding, and we also came over like this, but Zhang Hu's military affairs, why do you want to hide it from Zhang Liao, I'm afraid you didn't tell Xu Sheng about this, so if Zhang Hu dies, how can you tell Zhang Liao, do you go to report the funeral or I go? β
"Jiaozhou is at war? Isn't this just the end of the Great War? Xu Shuhu asked suspiciously.
Wang Xu was anxious: "This Northern Expedition, although the Wei State suffered heavy losses, seized countless money, grain and materials, completely destroyed the Central Plains, and set back the strength of the Wei State for several years, but after all, the Wu State dragged my Chu State back, how could Zhuge Liang be willing?" β
"As early as Puyang, they had tried their best to persuade me to take advantage of the opportunity for the main force of Jiangdong to gather in the Central Plains, and secretly ordered Xu Sheng, Pang Tong, Lu Xun, and Wang Xiong of Jiaozhou to lead troops to attack the South China Sea. The tens of thousands of people led by Zhao Yun, Huang Xu, and Han Meng did not return to Xiangyang with me at all, and secretly went south to Jiaozhou as early as a month ago. β
"Even if you give them to Pang Tong, you shouldn't give them to Xu Sheng, Pang Tong will control the proportions, but Xu Sheng doesn't care about anything, he has a temperament with Gao Shun, and he trains to the death, once the war starts, after acting as ordered, don't talk about their spearhead boys, even the face of the king of heaven and Lao Tzu will not be given!"
"This ...... I don't know about that! When Xu Shu heard this, she was also a little flustered. That, in fact, it's not just Zhang Hu, there are many people who have been trained under Xu Sheng! β
"And? What's going on? β
Xu Shu was a little uneasy, didn't dare to look at Wang Xu's expression, and said hesitantly: "You also know that their group of young people are very close, and they usually love to be competitive and competitive...... In short, a lot of people have passed! β
Wang Xu was dumbfounded for a moment, and said in disbelief: "You sent them all after you agreed?" β
"You know, at that time, Chu Guoming's face was quite chaotic, and I thought about cultivating a new core, so I ......"
Xu Shu didn't say anything, but Wang Xu had already understood, and he was probably worried that if the shape was out of control and needed to be filled by a large number of talents, then he hoped that these carefully cultivated descendants would naturally make a decision that seemed a little outrageous now.
Putting these young people to Xu Sheng is naturally for the purpose of cultivating henchmen, after all, whoever she was with at the beginning will be influenced by whom, and she didn't expect that Jiaozhou would suddenly fight a large-scale battle.
Wang Xu understood Xu Shu's approach, so he didn't blame it anymore, but asked in a deep voice: "Then who are known to their parents?" β
"Gao Shun and Xu Huang know, in general, it's about half and half!"
"Alas! You are really, how can Guan Hai's only son join the army? If there are three long and two short, and the housekeeper is only left with Guan Hai's widow and a few daughters, how can you and I explain to the dead Guan Hai? We are strict zhΓ²ng, although the children are the same. But they don't think so! β
"Guan Hai's only son. It was a insistence on inheriting his father's will. His mother agreed, too! Xu Shu hurriedly explained.
"It's not okay to agree, he can study literature and politics!" Wang Xu said with certainty. "Guan Hai has died tragically, how can he be left behind, even if the housekeeper doesn't care, can we not consider it? Guan Hai's only son has no family, but does he have children? β
"Not yet!" Xu Shu said with a little guilt.
"Alas!" Wang Xu sighed: "Forget it, it's no wonder you." The situation was different at the beginning, and you didn't expect Jiaozhou to go to war. I now have to go and repair a book in person, and quickly pass it on to Jiaozhou to remedy, these juniors who grew up in the greenhouse, the cultivation needs to be gradual, do you really think that if you learn something in the East Youth Academy, you can be invincible? They have this mentality to fight a big battle, the danger is too high, and there are too many high-level officials of the Chu State involved after the accident, so Xu Sheng must be stabilized! β
The voice fell. Wang Xu then went to the side hall and waved the book. Explain the stakes and strictly order Xu Sheng to weigh how to use these young people. Subsequently, with the assistance of Xu Shu, he wrote to Zhang Liao and others one by one, explaining the situation, no matter what, he always had to let them know.
In the next two days, Xiangyang was calm, and Wang Xu was in the palace of Chu Wang, accompanying his family and living a warm and comfortable life.
But this peace of mind was shattered a month later because of a war report.
"Your Majesty, Zhuge Liang asked to see him, and he said that there was an urgent report from Jiaozhou!!"
Early in the morning, Wang Xu was sleeping with all the beauties, but his dream was interrupted by Wang Yueying, the leader of the Dragon Tiger Weifeng Group.
"Jiaozhou!"
As soon as Wang Xu heard this word, he jumped up from the big bed in an instant, hurriedly put on a piece of clothing, and rushed to the outside of the hall. "Moon Shadow, where is Zhuge Liang now?"
"Already waiting outside the North Palace!"
"You go and take him to the Qinzheng Palace, I'll wait for him in the Qinzheng Palace!" After Wang Xu finished speaking, he strode forward.
"No!" Wang Yueying responded gently, but she didn't hurry to leave, and looked at Wang Xu, who was striding forward in disheveled clothes, her eyes were full of helplessness. "Your Majesty, I just had the Spring Festival last night, it seems indecent to go to the Qinzheng Palace with such an image? How much do you wear some clothes? β
"Huh?" Wang Xu was slightly stunned, and quickly reacted: "Look at my memory, I patronize and think about things, and I forgot to change my clothes, okay, you go first, let Zhuge Liang wait in the Qinzheng Palace, and I will come immediately after changing clothes!" β
This time, Wang Yueying didn't say anything more, bowed gracefully, and left quickly.
Wang Xu's speed was also very fast, he didn't wake up the sleeping girls, he quickly finished changing clothes, and arrived at the Qinzheng Hall after three quarters of an hour, and just stepped into the main hall, he asked urgently: "Kong Ming, come here early in the morning, why are you in such a hurry?" Could it be that the war has changed? β
Zhuge Liang got up and saluted: "Lord, Jiaozhou has won a great victory, but there are also some problems, and it is related to some civil and military sons!" β
"Something happened!" Wang Xu suddenly exclaimed, didn't care about procrastination, waved his hand and motioned for Zhuge Liang to sit down: "You report quickly!" β
"The main force of Jiaozhou rushed to the Central Plains, and only Lu Su, Lu Meng, Zhu Huan and others were stationed in the South China Sea, and the three generals Zhao Yun, Huang Xu, and Han Meng led their troops to Jiaozhou, and immediately converged with Pang Tong and Wang Xiong of Xunpu Pass to launch an attack on the South China Sea, and Xu Sheng and Lu Xun also led the Jiaozhou army to advance eastward from Cangwu."
"Wu Guo didn't know that Zhao Yun and the other generals had secretly gone south, so he miscalculated our military strength and deployment. According to Pang Shiyuan's plan, Zhao Yun led the elite infantry to march day and night, secretly went east along the path, and broke through Zengcheng in Nanhai County in one fell swoop, cutting off the return route of the Wu army in the South China Sea, and the main force of the Wu army fell into a heavy siege. β
After that, the Qinglong Army and the Jiaozhou Army launched a comprehensive attack, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Zhu Huan led their troops to resist stubbornly for ten days, and finally were forced to break through and retreat because they were outnumbered and had no support, and they went to the north of Zengcheng, and were ambushed by Zhao Yun. After LΓΌ Meng broke off, he fought against Zhao Yun fifty times, but was captured by General Zhao, and Lu Su, Zhu Huan and others led the remnants of the army to flee to Luling. β
When Wang Xu heard this, his joy was overflowing, and he slapped his legs and praised: "Good, good fight!" Jiangdong dispatch is not in time, first cut off its way back, can greatly hit the morale of the Wu army, at this time with superior forces to attack, the Wu army is afraid in the heart, will not be able to hold for a long time, break the enemy within ten days, can be described as a big victory! And what about then? Why do you report the emergency? (To be continued......)