Liu Futong's decision to give the holy decree to Haidong caused everyone's doubts. Liu Liu asked, "Brother, why is this?" ”

"If the holy decree is handed over to Jinling, it will be harmful and useless to our Anfeng."

Ding Guozhen and Luo Wensu woke up slightly, but Liu Liu and Wang Xianzhong were still confused, Wang Xianzhong asked, "What do you say about my brother?" Why is it said that giving the holy decree to Lao Zhu is harmful to us? ”

"There are two reasons for this. First of all, Yidu is far away and Jinling is near, and if Jinling sends troops, it must pass through my Anfeng. Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang once proposed to ask the lord to move to Jinling, and although Xiao Deng was 'born anti-bone' and 'ruthless', he successively killed Guan Duo, Pan Cheng, Wang Shicheng and others, but for now, it seems that there is no covetousness for our Anfeng and our lord. Therefore, the holy decree would rather be given to Xiao Deng than to Zhu Yuanzhang. ”

Ding Guozhen said: "Long-distance and close-range attack. ”

Jinling is closer to Anfeng, and Zhu Yuanzhang once proposed to ask King Xiaoming to move to Jinling. Why did you ask King Xiaoming to "move to Jinling"? Is it because he is faithful? Apparently not! It's nothing more than taking a fancy to the fame and appeal of King Xiaoming and Liu Futong, and trying to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes". Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by. Liu Futong saw this, how could he not be afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang?

Perhaps, Deng She, like Zhu Yuanzhang, is also ambitious in nature. But in any case, after all, he had never exposed his mind so blatantly, and completely regarded An Feng as a puppet that could be used; Both, Yidu is also far away from Anfeng, even if Chahan is defeated in this battle, but in the foreseeable future, the focus of its development should still be in the north, and it will definitely not be able to take care of Jiang and Huai for the time being. In other words, for Anfeng, the safety factor of Yidu is much higher than that of Jinling.

In this way, choose one of the two, and definitely choose Yidu.

Luo Wensu and Wang Xianzhong suddenly realized.

Wang Xianzhong said admiringly: "Brother is brother, stand tall and see far!" Listening to my brother's analysis, the holy decree should indeed be given to Yidu, not Jinling. It's just that, as my brother said, if Zhu Yuanzhang sends troops, there is a chance that he will pass through our Anfeng, and if he gives the holy decree to Yidu, will it annoy him? ”

Liu Futong turned his head, glanced at Wang Xianzhong, and said lightly: "What if you annoy him!" Could it be that he still dares to break our Anfeng? ”

The case was raised, and the sunlight outside the window happened to be sprinkled on his body, and in an instant, everyone seemed to see the momentum of his eyes on the country and the world. It's just that the feeling quickly fades away. He stood for a moment, then sat down again, retreated into the shadows, and slowly closed his eyes again, as if he had begun to recuperate again.

Ding Guozhen asked: "However, may I ask Liu Gong, how should the holy decree be written?" ”

How to write the holy decree, this should have been the business of King Xiao Ming. However, since Liu Futong flogged Du Zundao, the power of the Song court was all in his hands, regardless of military and political affairs, King Xiao Ming only nodded. Therefore, Ding Guozhen asked, and none of the people present felt strange, but took it for granted.

Liu Futong was silent for a while, and said, "Just write according to the meaning of what I just said." But there is one caveat. ”

"What is it?"

"Don't make it too clear. can be the coach of Xiao Deng for this battle, and he can also praise him to the sky. But words like 'Jiedu Haidong and Jinling military horses' must not be written! ”

In short, Liu Futong meant that the content of the holy decree should be vague, and Deng She could be determined to be the commander of the battle, but Zhu Yuanzhang could not be put too low. For example, if Yidu and Jinling are compared to two mountains, at first glance, it seems that the mountain of Yidu is higher than Jinling, but in the final analysis, it is almost the same, and both are still mountains. Although the primary and secondary are divided, they are also the same as no points.

Luo Wensu said: "Taibao is smart! In this way, it was established that Yidu was the mainstay, but it did not offend Jinling. It's the 'best of both worlds'. Wang Xianzhong was also praised again and again.

It's just a pity that what the two of them said was only on the surface, but they didn't see the deep meaning of Liu Futong's arrangement. Ding Guozhen saw it, clapped his hands, and said: "The ancients said: 'If you are in a hurry, you will hold each other, and if you are slow, you will fight for it. 'Gong Liu, your plan is really good! Visionary, that's what it is? ”

"If you are in a hurry, you will hold on to each other, and then you will fight for it." If Liu Futong does not agree to the requests of Jinling and Yidu and refuses to issue a holy decree, he will offend Zhu Yuanzhang and Deng She at the same time, which will only arouse their dissatisfaction, and even the heart of "hatred and hatred". Putting Anfeng on the opposite side of Jinling and Yidu is to "hold each other in a hurry".

agreed to the request of the two of them, and also determined that Deng She was the master, but at the same time he refused to give the actual power and completely clarify his status, but was very vague, "slow down and then fight". Whose "heart-to-heart"? Naturally, it is the "heart" of Jinling and Yidu. Not to mention defeat, if defeated, in order to compete for more interests, the two sides will inevitably have infighting. Infighting together, who is the beneficiary? Only Anfeng.

Ding Guozhen said that "take the left and right to meet the source", this is the real "take the left and right to meet the source"!

Although Liu Futong does not study, he has been in the world for many years, "reminiscing about the past and the eventful years", in any case, he is also one of the few Han heroes in a hundred years since the death of the Song Dynasty. Although it is said that after Meng Yuan entered the Central Plains, the rebellious Han people have been emerging in an endless stream, and they have almost never been broken. But if it weren't for Han Shantong and him, this Red Turban Army uprising would not have developed so quickly to such a vigorous point!

The Yellow River stone people came out and provoked the world to rebel. led 3,000 children to take the lead in raising an uprising; Kill the black cow and the white horse, climb the heights and shout, and the shadow followers are millions. The red flag was erected, like a spring thunder explosion, dispelling the alien clouds that had shrouded the land of China for nearly a hundred years. How many heroes rejoiced, rushing from all directions, gathered under his command; How many handsome bullets celebrated, came thousands of miles away, and were willing to be driven by it. For the same goal, between shouting and passion, how many Han family sons threw their heads and spilled blood! invincible, expanding tens of millions of miles in more than a year; The three-way northern expedition to the capital almost forced Emperor Yuan to flee in a hurry.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still under Guo Zixing's hands; And Deng She is also a pawn in the Red Turban Army. At its peak, no one in the world knew you! Killing and deciding, how can the prestige stop in the sky? Even if the road is no longer there and is at the end of the road, the tiger is still a tiger.

The big husband can bend and stretch. He can tolerate Zhu Yuanzhang, he can tolerate Deng She, he can temporarily hibernate, he can endure failure, but it is impossible for him to completely put away his minions and voluntarily withdraw from the magnificent waves! How could he be willing? How could he succumb! From this holy decree alone, we can see his foresight, and at the same time, we can see his strong heart.

Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles. The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong!

Liu Futong sat on the chair, his eyes were still closed, but under his quiet appearance, the hands hidden in his sleeves were involuntarily clenched tightly, and he seemed to hear a voice rolling from the sky, as if to say: "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, how can you survive in the world?" Be sure to make a comeback! ”

……

The decree was quickly sent separately, and in less than three days, it was sent to Yidu.

Because Ju Sheng and Liu Shijiu still need to visit Sha Liu Er and others, they haven't come back yet. There were two people who sent the holy decree to Yidu, one was an envoy of the imperial court, and the other was an envoy who accompanied Ju Sheng. After entertaining the envoy, Dunsher summoned the entourage and asked for details.

"Do you see the lord?"

Although Liu Futong and others have long played the banner of the former Song Dynasty, and the year name and so on have long been set, King Xiao Ming has not officially ascended the throne as the emperor, so the Song regime calls him "the lord".

The messenger replied: "On the evening of the arrival of Anfeng, the villain met with Lord Ju and Lord Liu first; The next day, I met my lord. ”

"How's the Lord's spirit?"

"Above the Anfeng court, I only heard the voice of Liu Taibao. The lord only said three words from beginning to end. The first sentence is to teach the villain to be free from etiquette and flattening; The second sentence is to say 'good' after Liu Taibao has agreed to the holy decree; the third sentence is to say 'good' when the matter has been discussed and Liu Taibao asks him to retire from the court. ”

Deng She was dumbfounded, although he had long known that Liu Futong held the real power of An Feng, and King Xiao Ming was just a puppet, but he didn't expect to be a "puppet" to this extent, shook his head, and then asked: "How is Liu Taibao's complexion?" ”

This entourage is an old man with a red scarf in Liaodong, and before the Northern Expedition, he had seen Liu Futong.

He replied: "Compared with a few years ago, Liu Taibao is obviously much older, his sideburns are all white, and he is also much deeper, and his speech and demeanor are no longer as heroic as he was back then, I don't know if he has just been sick or what, and his voice is a little hoarse." However, the villain always feels ,......。 At this, the man paused, frowning, as if searching for a suitable description.

"What do you think?"

"......, hard to figure out."

"Hard-to-fatigate?"

"Exactly. In the past, Liu Taibao was sharp, and people knew what he was thinking at a glance; Now Liu Taibao seems to have lost his edge, but it has become impossible to guess what he really thinks. ”

Deng She nodded, pondered for a moment, picked up the holy decree from the desk, opened it, and said: "On the holy decree, Liu Taibao appointed himself as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and ordered me to negotiate with Wu Guogong. Although he gave me the title of deputy marshal, he then ordered Wu Guogong to temporarily 'know the affairs of the Privy Council'. What did he say at the time? ”

"Knowing the affairs of the Privy Council" is second only to "knowing the affairs of the Privy Council" in the Privy Council, and as everyone knows, the Privy Council is the highest organ that holds military power, although it is only "temporary", but theoretically speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang is already above Deng She, and has the power to mobilize and command the Haidong army. But at the same time, Deng She was appointed as the deputy marshal of this battle, and in terms of substance, it seems that he should be above Zhu Yuanzhang.

- Ding Guozhen really realized Liu Futong's idea perfectly.

The attendant replied: "At that time, Lord Ju and Wang He, the envoy of Jinling, had a fierce argument with the lord to win the appointment of the deputy marshal. Lord Ju proposed that the lord was King Yan, and his grade was higher than that of Wu Guogong, so of course he should be the deputy marshal. Wang He said that if Jinling did not participate in this battle, it would be difficult to say whether the outcome would be known, and the battle against Henan and the old capital would definitely be based on Jinling, so Wu Guogong should be the deputy marshal. Liu Taibao only closed his eyes, as if he was hearing but not listening. After debating for half an hour, Ding Guozhen came out and suggested that it would be better to decide who was suitable to be the deputy marshal according to the number of troops sent by both sides. Most of the elites of our Haidong have now been put into the battlefield, and Wu Guogong obviously cannot be compared with the lord. Therefore, Wang He resolutely opposed. ”

"And then?"

Wang Xianzhong then came out and expressed his agreement with Wang He's opinion. And proposed that if I don't want to benefit, I might as well put aside this controversy for the time being, and see who lays down Bianliang first, who is the boss of this battle. ”

"Lay down the Bianliang first?"

By the time the Bianliang is laid, Henan should almost be recovered, not to mention the end of the war, it is almost over, and there is still a need to divide the priorities again?

The attendant heard the subtext of Dun She's words and said, "Yes! Therefore, Lord Ju was extremely dissatisfied, thinking that Wang Xianzhong was talking nonsense, and almost brushed his sleeves out. At this time, Luo Wensu came out of the ranks, while affirming Ju Sheng's opinion, he also really praised the loyalty of the Golden Tomb, and said a compromise solution. ”

"What's the solution?"

"It is as the decree says. With Liu Taibao as the head coach and the lord as the deputy commander. At the same time, in recognition of Zhu Yuanzhang's 'Naixin royal family', he was promoted to the Privy Council and temporarily 'knew the affairs of the Privy Council'. ”

"What about Liu Taibao?"

"From beginning to end, not a word. Only then did he open his eyes and nod in agreement. ”

Deng Shexin said: "Jiang is still old and spicy. "It is very obvious that this dispute in the Anfeng court is clearly a farce. What Wang Xianzhong supports Wang He, why Ding Guozhen favors Haidong, and why Luo Wensu plays a round, "said a compromise solution", it is obviously all acting.

As far as Liu Futong's power in Anfeng is concerned, without his approval and acquiescence, who would dare to assert himself?

"Hey, hey. It seems that Liu Taibao is not at ease with me and Zhu Yuanzhang, and intends to ask us to contain each other,......。 After Luo Wensu proposed this proposal and Liu Taibao agreed, what did Ju Sheng say? And what about Wang He? ”

"There was a stalemate, so I had to obey."

Deng She glanced at the holy decree again, rolled it up casually, threw it on the table, and said, "Obey it." Anyway, the decree has been made, and it is impossible to change it. In any case, at least our Haidong can be regarded as getting the position of deputy commander of this battle. 'Temporary' knowledge of the Privy Council? Wu Guogong, Wu Guogong, Liu Taibao clearly wants to cross the river and tear down the bridge! I don't know what he thought, but suddenly he smiled again, changed the topic, and asked, "Does Liu Taibao have any requirements for this?" ”

"Nothing."

"Nothing? Didn't ask us to go south to fight Xuzhou again? ”

"Nope."

"Didn't ask for food or military salaries?"

"Nope."

"Didn't you mention the division of the army to An Feng in half a sentence?"

"Yes."

"Oh! Don't want Xuzhou, don't want food, don't want soldiers. Deng She didn't feel strange, thoughtful, and muttered, "I gave the Dao Holy Decree in vain, and let the courtiers go to fight for the territory, but they asked for nothing. Liu Taibao, what do you want to do? While pondering, the guards outside the hall came to report: "Mr. Hong is here." ”