Chapter 42: The Death of the Blue Phoenix
Chu Liuyan was most worried about Zhu Yuanzhang's injury. And after Blue Phoenix was tortured by Ma Xiuying, she still refused to speak, Chu Liuyan thought that it was necessary for him to meet her. Perhaps, everything is just in vain, but it's better than doing nothing and watching Zhu Yuanzhang die.
When I arrived in prison, I saw the Blue Phoenix. The woman who was once a peerless fairy, but now her skin is beaten all over her body, and she looks as terrible as a ghost. In particular, her face was burned in several places by the soldering iron. A woman's most cherished thing is her appearance, if even her appearance is ruined, then her belief in survival is very slim.
Chu Liuyan couldn't help but hate Ma Xiuying a little. is the same woman, even if it was the blue phoenix who harmed her husband, how could she hurt people so much?
"Blue Maiden." Chu Liuyan called softly.
Blue Phoenix glanced up at Chu Liuyan and lowered his head again. Chu Liuyan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, the blue phoenix in front of him, if he was seen by Chang Yuchun, how would he be heartbroken?
Blue Phoenix didn't say a word, and Chu Liuyan called her again. She finally said coldly: "Chu Liuyan, if you want to use torture, use torture, if you want to kill, kill it." ”
Chu Liuyan shook his head and said, "Miss Lan, you are my savior, how could I kill you?" It's just that I don't understand, why did you attack the marshal? The marshal is kind-hearted, why did you kill him? Could it be that you are a killer sent by Yi Weilan? ”
Blue Phoenix sneered and said, "Zhu Yuanzhang is a good person? Chu Liuyan, you don't have to lie to me. Zhu Yuanzhang killed how many people in my Taoyuan Village, and pretended to be merciful, such a person with a snake heart is not a pity to die. ”
Blue Phoenix was invited by Chu Liuyan, and she had the best friendship with Chu Liuyan, so she was willing to tell Chu Liuyan everything in her heart. Chu Liuyan was taken aback and said, "Miss Lan, what did you say?" Marshal, he killed the people of Taoyuan Village? How could it be ......."
"Why can't it be? Only you and Lan Yu can enter Taoyuan Village....." Blue Phoenix said.
Only then did Chu Liuyan understand why Blue Phoenix would do this. She shook her head and said, "Miss Lan, you have known me Chu Liuyan for a long time, and you also know what kind of person I am." How could I take someone to exterminate Taoyuan Village? ”
"Yes, you wouldn't, but what about Sapphi? Won't Sappy? Blue Phoenix said hatefully: "Lan Yu is a villain who has gone back on his word, he used to follow Guo Zixing, and later followed Zhu Yuanzhang for the sake of glory and wealth." What could he not do? He must have blamed Mu Ying for trapping you in the ancestral hall in the first place, and he sent someone to kill the people in the village. ”
"No, it won't!" Chu Liuyan said categorically: "After General Lan came back from Taoyuan Village, he stayed here for a few days, and he had already gone to Changzhou to fight with Brother Xu Daxu, could he go to Taoyuan Village to kill people with the demon method of his clone?" What's more, General Lan's switch to Marshal Zhu, I know best, is not at all what you imagined. If you don't believe me, I can't help it. Miss Lan, if I guess correctly, what you heard was all told to you by your eldest brother Yi Weilan. I think Yi Weilan just wants to borrow your hand to kill Marshal Zhu. ”
"You talk nonsense, my eldest brother wouldn't do this!" Blue Phoenix said, her expression was very angry. Seeing this, Chu Liuyan walked out and instructed people not to abuse the Blue Phoenix.
After Chu Liuyan left the barracks, he immediately went to Mu Ying to ask about the bloody case that happened in Taoyuan Village. Mu Ying remembered something and said, "Sister Chu, I remember the person who killed the people, the one who took the lead in killing, covered his face, but he dropped something in the village. I picked it up, and it was a jade pendant. I wanted to say it, but I forgot about it. ”
Chu Liuyan took the jade pendant and went to find the blue phoenix. When the blue phoenix saw the jade pendant, her face changed greatly, and everything was clear. This jade pendant turned out to be Yi Weilan's.
Only then did Blue Phoenix understand that from beginning to end, everything was just a bureau, and the person who set up a situation to harm her turned out to be her brother Yi Weilan. It was Yi Weilan who tried her best to let her kill Zhu Yuanzhang. Now, she finally understood, but it was too late. So, she handed over the antidote. Then, he killed himself.
Now, in this world, she has nothing to miss. Even his own brother can betray him, and who wouldn't.
After Chang Yuchun returned, he was very sad to learn of the death of the blue phoenix, but now, nothing can be undone.
After Zhu Yuanzhang took the medicine, he quickly got better.
Next, what Zhu Yuanzhang has to do is to choose who to deal with. In his tent, he convened a military council.
Li Shanchang said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "General, Chen Youliang is very powerful, and Zhang Shicheng has small tools, according to my opinion, it should be easy and then difficult, first capture this Zhang Shicheng, subdue his soldiers and horses, seize his territory, and then speak of attacking Chen Youliang." ”
Liu Bowen stood up, pointed to the place of Jiangsu and Zhejiang on the map and said: "General Zhu, please see, this Jiangsu and Zhejiang area has always been the land of fish and rice, the land of ointment, all dynasties and dynasties These places are important places for taxation in the southeast, and Weichen was also born in the middle and grew up in the meantime, and the pros and cons of the period are very clear. If the lord waved his troops to suppress Zhang Shicheng, after the immediate performance, he would definitely be able to collect all the benefits of this fat land to himself, then at that time, the military will naturally have a steady stream of support, and after the soldiers are sufficient, they can compete with Zhang Shicheng, who is getting stronger and stronger. If we fight with Zhang Shicheng now, I am afraid that the strength of our army will still be weak. Moreover, the army eats around the battlefield, and there is no corresponding food, grass, and salary support, and it is not a long-term war plan. ”
Xu Da shook his head on the side and said: "The strategy of the military advisor has always been admired by the generals, but this time I think we have to choose an enemy between these two people, I think it is a good strategy to beat Chen Youliang down first, Chen Youliang has always liked to make trouble, and his temperament likes to take advantage of others, if we Chen Bing is in the southeast and fights with Zhang Shicheng, I can say with certainty that this mortal enemy Chen Youliang will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely make some tricks behind the buttocks." If Chen Youliang also comes to attack my rear, it will be extremely difficult on both sides, so I oppose attacking Zhang Shicheng first, I think that if I want to fight, I will destroy Chen Youliang first, so that I can have no worries. ”
Zhou Dezhu said: "General Xu, what you said is not right, do you want to fight, of course, you have to follow the art of war, we don't have enough strength to restrain Chen Youliang at the moment, if you rashly start a station with Chen Youliang, you may not become a friend and drag you to death on the front line, I agree with the opinion of the military advisor and Li Shan, I think, persimmons should also pick up the soft ones and pinch them first, Chen Youliang This persimmon is of course very big, but at the moment it is really a little big and hard for us, we don't have the strength to destroy Cheng Youliang all at once, However, Zhang Shicheng is different, it is enough to deal with Zhang Shicheng with our strength, so I think if you want to fight, you must choose this Zhang Shicheng first. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the opinions of these people, and said to Qu Liuyan after a long groan: "Qu Liuyan, what is your opinion." ”
Qu Liuyan glanced around at the chief person in the room and said, "If I had to choose, I would agree with General Xu Da's opinion and fight Chen Youliang first." That is to say, leave the weak Zhang Shicheng first, and attack the powerful Chen Youliang first. In my opinion, Zhang Shicheng's equipment is too small to be cultivated, and at the moment he is only concentrating on the southeast half of the wall, and has no mind to take care of other things. If he didn't attack him, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to fight. Chen Youliang is characterized by ambition, small and visionary, and ambitious and good at life. If I attack Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng will definitely not save him, and if I attack Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang will definitely mobilize the whole country to save him, and I will have to fight on two fronts, and it will be difficult to say at that time.