Chapter Seventy-Five—Leaving the Civil War (Negotiations)
At this time, Zhou Yu, who was tied to the camp pillar in front of him, slowly opened his eyes, he blinked his eyes in disbelief, he seemed to see a figure that he couldn't believe would appear in front of him. However, when Zhou Yu came to his senses completely, Zhou Yu's eyes were suddenly stunned.
"Your Majesty, why are you here" Zhou Yu's originally empty and godless eyes suddenly revealed a glint of divine light, and then his gaze became extremely complicated, "Your Majesty, I did not do my job effectively, resulting in the loss of 50,000 southern troops, this is a major fault of humble duty, humble duty and self-esteem, I am willing to die to apologize, and share all my family property to spend the dead brothers in peace." Your Majesty"
Chen Xinyu smiled slightly, her purpose was already halfway achieved, she stepped forward to help Zhou Yu untie the rope tied to the pillar, Zhou Yu directly knelt on the ground with a "poof", and burst into tears. It's hard to imagine what kind of setbacks have caused this iron-blooded man to tears.
Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, stood aside and did not speak, although the two siblings actually held a grudge against them, he didn't listen to them at the beginning, stayed in the camp, and when the situation became clear, he began to rush to achieve results, which led to the painful lesson now. However, now an emperor is talking to his subordinates in a serious way, and this is not something they can get involved in. So, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, stood aside, observing the situation outside the door while looking for noteworthy places and things in this big camp.
Chen Xinyu didn't speak for a while, her own emotions are also very complicated now, on the one hand, she deeply hates Zhou Yu in front of her, because his negligence and unauthorized departure led to the rout of the entire Southern Army. Now that the initiative in this civil war has belonged to the Chen family of the royal family, it may not be very realistic to defeat them resolutely. But on the other hand, Chen Xinyu deeply sympathized with Zhou Yu and the more than 10,000 captives, this was the force that supported her, and she naturally wanted to rescue them.
Chen Xinyu sighed silently, "Alas, it's too late to say anything now, what does Zhao Ling want you to do?"
Zhou Yu heard Chen Xinyu's tone with a relieved attitude, which made his heart suddenly become joyful. His own character is a very ruthless person, and he doesn't take the lives of the soldiers too seriously, but because he made a big mistake this time, he had to pretend to be heartbroken in front of Chen Xinyu. In fact, he only wanted to alleviate his own sins, and he didn't want to get involved in the other soldiers' memories. Of course, Zhou Yu didn't dare to expose his emotions in front of Chen Xinyu, because he knew that this Empress Shengde looked beautiful on the outside, but in fact she was a very powerful existence. He will not be Chen Xinyu's opponent at all, once he angers Chen Xinyu, I am afraid that his life will be difficult to protect. So, Zhou Yu silently pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Zhao Ling's strategic intention is obvious, he just wants to use us to make a deal with Your Majesty, at least a large strategic compensation."
Chen Xinyu sneered, "Do they think such wishful thinking can be realized?" Her hands turned into fists, slowly clenched, she would never accept such harsh conditions, whether it was withdrawing troops and leaving here or paying a large amount of strategic compensation, which indicated that her crusade this time and the action of declaring the royal Chen family to be rebellious were in vain. Chen Xinyu couldn't help but be furious at the thought of five years of hard work being ruined, and she slammed her fist into the wooden table in the camp, and her fist smashed a small hole in the wooden table.
At this time, Feng Yuchong, who had not spoken, suddenly whispered: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, the failure of the Southern Campaign is doomed, and now it is impossible for us to defeat the royal Chen family in one fell swoop. On the contrary, once you go deep into the power of the imperial Chen family, it is very likely that you will fall into the ambush circle that the imperial Chen family has already set up. Now, we absolutely cannot afford the fact that the Northern Army will be defeated again."
Feng Shanshan also said, "I think our top priority is naturally to find a way to get back the more than 10,000 brothers who have been captured by the royal Chen family, and then withdraw the army first." What does Your Majesty think?"
Chen Xinyu actually remembered hatred and temporarily forgot that the current situation did not allow her to act rashly. Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan's reminders were very reasonable, Chen Xinyu couldn't help but nodded, she must lead the army to come here to help, a large part of the reason is because there is a lot of pressure in the country now, and the voices calling for a truce come and go, Chen Xinyu actually bears a lot of invisible pressure on both political and military aspects.
Although Chen Xinyu dispatched 20,000 imperial forest troops stationed in the national capital Weicheng all the year round under pressure, this does not mean that she really wants to personally defeat the army of the royal Chen family. She was more for the capture of more than 10,000 people and the preservation of the strategically important Viku Plain. As for defeating the army of the royal Chen family, she actually knew that this was an unrealistic thing.
Although Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, did not know that Chen Xinyu led 20,000 Imperial Forest Army to this Weiku Plain, but now that the Southern Army has lost all its losses and the Northern Army cannot spare its hands, Chen Xinyu can dispatch the fastest at hand may be the 20,000 Imperial Forest Army stationed in Weicheng.
"Then, what does Your Majesty decide to do next?" Zhou Yu now knew that he couldn't talk much, once he said the wrong word, what was waiting for him might be Chen Xinyu's anger, although Chen Xinyu was usually approachable and sincere, which was also convincing to their subordinates. However, as soon as Chen Xinyu was really angry, no one could stop her. Therefore, Zhou Yu spoke very carefully, for fear that saying the wrong sentence would cause Chen Xinyu, who was now calmed down, to erupt again.
Chen Xinyu's beautiful eyes squinted at Zhou Yu who was standing there behind her, she didn't want to worry about what had happened with him now. So, Chen Xinyu said his thoughts. "I think it's best if we can transfer some of them, but if we can't, I'm afraid we will only be able to negotiate strategically with them."
Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, both understood the deep helplessness in Chen Xinyu's current tone, and the two siblings did not want to pay attention to the most important part of this, discussing the exchange of prisoners, which was likely to involve the next relationship between the royal family, the Chen family and the Empress Shengde.
Chen Xinyu turned his eyes to look at the somewhat dull-eyed Zhou Yu behind him, Chen Xinyu comforted him with kind words: "You don't have to worry that we are leaving you here, in fact, if we take you out of here now, I'm afraid it will be a little dangerous, after all, you still have injuries on your body that have not healed."
Zhou Yu nodded lightly, although he is a more conceited person in his heart, he is not a person who can't listen to the persuasion of others, not to mention that Chen Xinyu is talking to him in person at this time, and he can't be lazy. "In that case, I'll continue to stay here, after all, if I stay here, the royal Chen family should still focus on me, so that other brothers won't suffer from difficulties" Chen Xinyu nodded deeply, she raised her right hand and arm, and patted Zhou Yu's shoulder like a brother. Chen Xinyu comforted in a low voice: "Now, leave everything to me, you can take care of your body and ensure your safety, this is the most important thing."
After saying this, Chen Xinyu sighed silently, turned her head and never looked back, she left the camp as fast as she could, and the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, followed immediately. They didn't want to stay here any longer, because their identities were very hidden, so in some ways, the two brothers and sisters were not well understood by the people of the Chen family of the royal family, and naturally they didn't know that they were such special young people with special skills.
Following Chen Xinyu, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters, also quickened their pace, taking advantage of the fact that the initial light did not rise in the sky now, but the morning light that was faintly lingering in the sky, taking advantage of the fact that there were no soldiers stationed in the current royal Chen family camp, the three of them also jumped out of this royal Chen family's camp that was not too high. As soon as they rushed out of this camp, the three of them began to speed up and move away from the camp of the royal Chen family. All three of them are people with light skills
Not far away, behind the three young men appeared an army of thousands of cavalry, led by a general wearing white armor, his eyes were very heroic, and in his hand was a long-handled white round knife straddling the horse. At this moment, he was whispering to a guard beside him: "Do you see clearly? The woman who is the leader is really Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde?"
"It's absolutely right to look at the humble position, such a temperament and skill, except for Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde who is rumored to be a 'strange woman from the country', the humble position really can't imagine anyone else who can have such ability" A guard next to him hurriedly bowed his hand, as if he swore to the sky.
"Very well," the white-helmeted general on the brown warhorse smiled slightly, and he turned to the other guard and said, "You quickly tell General Zhao Ling the news, and the rest of the sons, follow me to meet this empress Shengde!"