Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu on the side, couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable when he saw Liu Bowen and Chu Liuyan being rewarded like this.

Liu Bowen saw the opportunity very much, and when he saw Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang's face change, there was already an alarm in his heart, obviously the trace of unhappiness on Zhu Yuanzhang's face did not escape Liu Bowen's eyes.

Chu Liuyan didn't expect this, nor did he notice the change in the expression of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, and still said to Liu Bowen: "Now that the situation is very obvious, I don't know how to deal with the Chuzhou soldiers and horses stationed outside Yingtian City. ”

Liu Bowen smiled at Chu Liuyan and said: "Regarding this point, Wu Guogong must have a plan in his heart, if Miss Chu wants to know the details first, it is better to ask Wu Guogong directly for the lunch." ”

Chu Liuyan was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Liu Bowen asked Zhu Yuanzhang why he wanted to ask him, so he turned his head and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu Guo, and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was a little gloomy, and his good intentions for Liu Bowen were already clear. He followed the momentum and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for advice: "Wu Guogong, for the situation of Chuzhou soldiers and horses, I don't know if Wu Guogong can explain the pre-planned plan, and I can spread it according to the planned plan." ”

Wu Guogong was naturally extremely happy to see Chu Liuyan personally asking him for advice, so he pulled an embroidered stool next to the case, and then asked Chu Liuyan to sit down.

Seeing this, Chu Liuyan said humbly: "Wu Guogong, I don't have to do it, this is the signing room, it is a place for office affairs, maybe there will be subordinate generals who come here to report to Wu Guogong, if they are seen, wouldn't it make people think that Wu Guogong is too ......."

Before Chu Liuyan's words were spoken, Wu Guogong had already waved his hand to signal that Chu Liuyan didn't need to continue, so he opened his mouth and said to Chu Liuyan: "It's okay, it's late at night, there are only three people here, they are familiar with it and are not formal, there is no need to engage in so much red tape as in the daytime, if the national prince and Miss Chu can still get along like they did in the countryside back then, it is a pity that they are already a little involuntary now." If you want to go back to that feeling, of course, you can't, and sometimes you can't look back on the past, and you can't be emotional. ”

Chu Liuyan didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang, Duke of Wu Guogong, to say such a thing to himself and Liu Bowen, and felt extremely surprised in his heart, I don't know when it started, in Chu Liuyan's heart, although he looked like a green-skinned scoundrel, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was really soft and kind-hearted, had gone away and became such a Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang now.

Sometimes he is ruthless, and for some purpose, he even does not hesitate to sacrifice the life of Xu Da, who has played with him since he was a child and is a friend of life and death, in exchange for the attachment of more than 100,000 Chuzhou soldiers and horses. Now that I think about it, although Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament has also changed, in essence, Wu Guogong is still the original Zhu Yuanzhang, but sometimes he is forced by the situation and has to show others with another mask.

Chu Liuyan suddenly thought that when he went to visit General Xu Da in Yingtian Prison that night, he had just talked about leading Xu Da's henchmen and generals to rescue Xu Da from Yingtian Prison

。 When he was about to persuade Xu Da to accept his proposal, Zhu Yuanzhang, Duke of Wu, also came to visit Xu Da unexpectedly, and as a last resort, Chu Liuyan had no choice but to follow the jailer to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang, Duke of Wu, and quickly got out of Yingtian Prison, but he didn't know what Wu Guogong and Xu Da talked about that day, and I didn't know if Xu Da had changed his mind and agreed to his plan to rob the prison.

Thinking of this, Chu Liuyan's mind was a little trance-like, the person he was facing, this was the Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang who could absolutely say that Xu Da was alive and dead, but I don't know why he didn't dare to mention Xu Da's matter to Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang tonight, and he didn't want to plead with Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang to avoid Xu Da's capital crime, what is this for, could it be that Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang has such a great charm that he can give up the act of rescuing Xu Da, the benefactor who once saved his father.

Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang5 failed to get a glimpse of Chu Liuyan's extremely subtle psychological changes at this moment, and only thought that Chu Liuyan was listening to his plan, so he opened his throat and said to Chu Liuyan who was sitting down: "Although I have already ordered someone to buy Chuzhou's grain and grass now, but if I say that the soldiers and horses of Chuzhou can be ordered to be safe and secure by this matter under my command, I am not 100% sure, and now things have become extremely complicated, and I am only 50% sure now." ”

When Chu Liuyan heard this, he hurriedly put down all the thoughts in his heart for the time being, and then asked Zhu Yuanzhang, Wu Guogong: "Wu Guogong said this, why in the end, now that the Taicang in Yingtiancheng is full of military rations bought from Chuzhou, doesn't Wu Guogong already grasp the weakness of Chuzhou's soldiers and horses, why is he only fifty percent sure." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, smiled and said: "If Chen Youliang didn't come to intervene in this foot, I would have been eighty percent sure, but this villain, I don't know where to find out the news, actually dispatched troops during this period of time, and secretly sent several teams to several cities under the jurisdiction of Yingtian, and actually launched an attack on several small cities at the same time on the same day, which made our army exhausted and lost the other. ”

Chu Liuyan asked in surprise: "Wu Guogong said this, could it be that he has already lost a few cities. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, pointed to some of the battle reports on the case with some gloom, and said to Chu Liuyan: "The military advisor's guess is right, there are indeed a few cities that have been broken by the treacherous and cunning Chen Youliang. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang hammered the case angrily and said: "This is not a concern, but I also heard some news from the hall in Hanyang. Among them, it is reported that Chen Youliang has the intention of colluding with the former generals of Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, to plot against the soldiers and horses of Chuzhou, and to carry out a flanking attack on our Yingtian. ”

When Chu Liuyan heard this, he was shocked and said: "Chen Youliang's move is too vicious, if we really fall for this move, Ying Tiancheng may have no hope of saving." ”

Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "If Chen Youliang and that villain succeed in responding to the Chuzhou soldiers outside the Heavenly City, not only will the entire city defense plan be disrupted, but under the pressure of this kind of external reinforcements, I am afraid that the morale of Yingtian's defenders will inevitably be much lower, and there is absolutely no way to resist the joint attack of the Han army and Chuzhou soldiers and horses under the command of Chen Youliang, the king of Han." ”

"Since Wu Guogong knew that the King of Han had ordered people to contact the Chuzhou generals in order to deal with the more than 100,000 Chuzhou generals outside the Heavenly City, why didn't Wu Guogong directly send someone to find out the Chuzhou generals who colluded with the Han King Chen Youliang and get rid of them in advance." Chu Liuyan said quickly to Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu.

"It's not easy to say, I haven't thought about this method, but no matter how I urge, the eyes and ears I planted in Hanyang City have tried their best, and they still haven't been able to find out whether Chen Youliang is the general in Chuzhou who is the one who conspired to collude together, and the current situation, if I arrest the suspected Chuzhou generals one by one, it will inevitably make the more than 100,000 Chuzhou generals outside Yingtian City I am deliberately seizing the military power of Chuzhou soldiers and horses, and it is very likely that it will immediately cause a drastic change and be used by people with intentions, caused the mutiny and rebellion of the soldiers and horses in Chuzhou, and at that time, the situation was out of control. Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly at Chu Liuyan and said.

Chu Liuyan also shook his head, knowing that this matter was not trivial, if it was not good, it would immediately make Ying Tiancheng make a fuss, not only would it not help, but it was very likely to drag Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, into a bottomless abyss, and from then on, he would be defeated, and there would be no chance and hope of recovery.

Liu Bowen said to Chu Liuyan from the side: "Wu Guogong is worried these days, and there is only a fifty percent chance that the more than 100,000 Chuzhou soldiers and horses outside Yingtian City will be attached, one of which is that Wu Guogong is extremely worried about what you said. There is also the fact that I don't know at the moment, what kind of attitude the Chuzhou generals have, if the Chuzhou generals feel that Wu Guogong is extremely admirable and admirable, and they are willing to belong to Wu Guogong's account, it will naturally be better, but if these Chuzhou generals have other thoughts in their hearts, and are unwilling to invest in Wu Guogong's account, or even Mingzhu secretly invested in the Han King Chen Youliang's side, then the impact on Yingtian's war situation will be great, and Yingtian's situation will immediately turn sharply, and it will be like a stack of eggs. ”

Chu Liuyan listened to Liu Bowen's words, and was secretly surprised in his heart, although Liu Bowen's words were extremely terrifying, but it was not unreasonable at that time, the direction of Chuzhou's soldiers and horses can indeed determine the success or failure of the future Yingtian Defense Campaign, this key factor is undoubtedly seen by Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu Guogong and his opponent Chen Youliang, the king of Han, so the two sides will compete so fiercely in this matter, and Zhu Yuanzhang of Wu Guogong also agreed to the request of the Chuzhou generals so reluctantly, to cut Xu Da into questioning.

On the surface, it seems that the head of General Xu Da is used to pay tribute to the spirit of King Xiao Ming in the sky, but in fact, it is for the safety of the people of Yingtian and Yingtian himself.

Chu Liuyan lowered his head and thought about it, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen of Wu Guogong: "Judging from the situation I found outside Yingtian City, it seems that the Chuzhou generals are interested in voting under Wu Guogong's account, and I feel that it is a wise decision to join Wu Guogong, but it may be necessary for Wu Guogong to help the Chuzhou generals solve the grain and grass problem first. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, jumped up when he heard this, and asked Chu Liuyan excitedly: "Sister Liuyan, the Chuzhou soldiers you just said think that it is a wise decision to belong to my command, have you heard these words with your own ears?" ”

Chu Liuyan thought for a while and said: "Yes Wu Guogong, I overheard the words of the Chuzhou generals who were holding a banquet in the big tent in the camp where the Chuzhou soldiers were stationed outside Yingtian City. ”

Wu Guogong said happily: "Fortunately, Chu Liuyan's military division accidentally heard the discussion of the generals of Chuzhou, otherwise, we would not know anything about this aspect of the situation, so it seems that the chances of more than 100,000 generals in Chuzhou being able to belong to my Zhu Yuanzhang can be at least seventy percent." If you can really collect these more than 100,000 men and horses for your own use, and you can get a group of fierce generals who were originally subordinate to Liu Futong, it is naturally an extremely happy thing, whether Liu Junshi can do this. ”

Liu Bowen smiled and said: "Wu Guogong, you don't need to ask me about this matter first, Miss Chu has just returned from the camp set up by the soldiers and horses in Chuzhou, and she is particularly careful about this matter, she must have a calculation in her heart, so it is better to listen to Miss Chu's plan first." ”

Wu Guogong listened to Liu Bowen's words, clapped his hands and said: "What Liu Junshi said is not bad, only the Liuyan girl knows the most about the attachment of the generals in Chuzhou today, and the Liuyan girl, you might as well tell your high opinion to your national father." ”

Chu Liuyan heard the instructions of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu Guo, and didn't dare to slack off, so he stood up, thought for a while, and then said: "Wu Guogong, Liu Gongzi, judging from Liuyan, if you want to make the generals of Chuzhou return to their hearts, it is better to attack their roots first. ”

Wu Guogong was a little puzzled when he heard this, and Liu Bowen was already slightly bowing his head and smiling without saying a word.

"What is attacking its roots?" asked Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu.

Chu Liuyan continued: "The so-called attack on its roots is to ignore the generals first, and first send people to the Chuzhou camp to publicize that Wu Guogong wants to allocate grain and grass to the Chuzhou soldiers and distribute salaries. ”

"First allocate grain and grass to the soldiers, and distribute salaries." Zhu Yuanzhang, the Duke of Wu, paced a few steps and suddenly realized: "Clever plan, really a wonderful plan." ”