Chu Zhao not only admired Li Ye's talent, but what he valued most was that Li Ye did not choose to go to the Seventh Prince with Yi Hexu.

This kindness of knowing the encounter, Chu Zhao himself has forgotten.

Li Ye didn't mention it, and silently went to his seventh brother, believing that he wouldn't be able to remember it in the future.

Li Ye remembered the kindness of the year and came to repay the kindness.

In Chu Zhao's heart, Li Ye is a loyal and righteous person, and such a person can be relied on as a confidant.

After the banquet ended, Li Ye returned to the guest house to rest.

At this time, Chu Zhao was in the study, looking at the latest news that had just come from his hand, which was all about Li Ye.

The results of the investigation were completely consistent with what Li Ye said, and Chu Zhao was completely convinced of Li Ye's plan.

"Wen Cong, the plan starts tomorrow. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

......

At this time, he was in the dock base somewhere in the Haisha Gang.

An old man in black asked Chen Jianzhu, the young gang leader of the Haisha Gang, "So, then Chu Zhao will definitely not attack?"

"My Haisha Gang and the He family don't contribute, how can he attack with a lack of troops and ships?" Chen Jianchun said with a lazy expression and a yawn.

"What is the plan of the newcomer Li Ye?"

"You're quite well-informed, just a pariah, what are you worried about, how can you have any plans, and mud legs can still come up with good plans?"

Chen Jianchun said disdainfully.

"There are more heroes in recklessness, don't be careless. ”

Chu Zhao saw the plan alone, and threw it away. ”

The old man frowned, very dissatisfied.

Chen Jianchun glanced at the old man and snorted coldly, "Our two families are just a cooperative relationship, Young Master Ben is in a good mood to say a little more, if he is in a bad mood, what kind of cat and dog strategy, do you want Young Master Ben to see it?"

"Let me tell you, in the past, the cooperation between the two families was due to the fact that you opened up the river area, did not attack our Haisha Gang ships, and raised the price to provide salt and iron, so there was cooperation. ”

"Now, the southwest side is going to attack, and I don't know if you can exist in the future, and there is no basis for cooperation. ”

"You also know that my Haisha Gang is working for the Seven Princes, as long as the Seven Princes make military exploits and occupy the river, my Haisha Gang will naturally pass through the river area, and I can also go to Nanban to mine salt and iron by myself, so you should be honest with Young Master Ben. ”

Chen Jiansong spoke very politely.

The old man's anger surged, but he was helpless, he knew that Chen Jiansong was also telling the truth.

The Haisha Gang mainly relied on the water transportation of the great rivers and the benefits of salt and iron to develop and grow.

In the middle of the river, there are countless strange beasts raised by the southern barbarians, attacking the ships coming and going.

The Sea Sand Gang and the Nanban secretly cooperated to keep the ship from too much damage.

But if Da Chu's southern attack goes smoothly this time and gains control of Dajiang, then the Haisha Gang will no longer need to cooperate with Nanban.

"Okay, this son will bother to help you check the identity of that Li Ye and see if there is a way to get his plan. ”

"Thank you so much. The ten big ships transporting salt and iron this time have already arrived at the dock outside, please help the master to collect it. ”

......

At this time, in the Outer Gate Academy of the Mending Heaven Pavilion, Tang Rui opened his mouth and said to Wan Long in front of him: "Li Ye suddenly left the Mending Heaven Pavilion, it has been several days, my Tang family's eyeliner at the foot of the mountain has returned, Li Ye is heading to the southwest, this guy has good light skills, and the eyeliner has not kept up." ”

"You three brothers will block the only way to enter Tianzhu Mountain in the southwest direction, and when Li Ye comes back, you will directly slaughter him. ”

Wan Long opened his mouth and replied: "Childe, my three brothers are all out of the horse, do you think too highly of that kid? ”

After all, they are innate masters, and the three Wan brothers all have their arrogance.

"No, if you don't make a move, you have to be foolproof. ”

"This kid is getting more and more able to jump, his military talent is good, and when he develops, enters the army, and takes refuge in a certain prince, it will be difficult to get rid of him. ”

"Remember, when you act in a mask, you must hide your identity. If you encounter an unexpected situation and fail to kill Li Ye, and your identity is not exposed, you can find another opportunity later. ”

Tang Rui's expression was gloomy and thoughtful at this time, even if he sent three innate masters to deal with Li Ye, he had thought of the consequences in advance in case of failure.

"Childe is too worried, how can he miss. Since Childe said so, my three brothers will go out for a trip, as long as Li Ye is met by us, he will definitely bring his head to see Childe. ”

The Tang family wanted to prepare warships for the main attack direction in the southwest, knowing the battle plan of the imperial court to attack in advance.

It's just that Tang Rui is far away in Mending Heaven Pavilion, and the Tang family didn't specifically pass the news to Tang Rui.

Therefore, Tang Rui did not know that the third prince had arrived in Lujiang City, and Lujiang City was in the southwest direction of the Heavenly Pavilion.

If Tang Rui knew the news, he would definitely be able to guess that Li Ye was relying on his own military talent, and there was a high probability that he would defect to the Third Prince.

Then maybe he wouldn't have acted like that.

......

Early the next morning, outside the city of Lujiang and in the Jiangfang camp, the drums beat loudly and summoned the soldiers to the school to order troops.

Lujiang has been peaceful for a long time, after all, across the river, it is not easy for Dachu and Baiman to attack.

In the past, wars were fought in the southwest.

So this Lujiang has 10,000 soldiers and horses, but they are lazy and lazy.

Emperor Chu reformed the military system and strictly enforced military law, but no one dared to blatantly violate military law with these 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Hearing the sound of drums, they all came out one by one, but the formation was chaotic and the armor was incomplete.

In the entire Lujiang City, except for the 1,000 Imperial Forest Army brought out by Chu Zhao from Kyoto, there was not a single usable army.

This thousand imperial forest army is to protect Chu Zhao's safety, and he is the person of Emperor Chu, and Chu Zhao cannot command it.

Moreover, these thousand royal forest troops are all the descendants of the soldiers who shed blood for Dachu in the past.

All of them are strong in force, they have been carefully cultivated since they were children, and the formation is cooperative, and it is very easy to destroy a small sect with a thousand Royal Forest Army.

Unless it is a key major battle, or an order from Emperor Chu.

Otherwise, now Chu Zhao has violated Emperor Chu's battle plan and intends to cross the river to attack Jiankang City.

This kind of dangerous siege cannot be sent to this thousand imperial forest army, and without the order of Emperor Chu, Chu Zhao cannot command it.

The precious Imperial Forest Army could not be consumed in the siege, and they received an order from Emperor Chu to protect the safety of the three princes, and they didn't need to pay attention to other things.

Therefore, in the plan, the first thing is to select qualified and usable soldiers from among the 10,000 soldiers and horses.

"Brother Li Yexian, can there be qualified elite soldiers with such soldiers and horses?" Yang Yuxiang turned his head and asked Li Ye.

Li Ye smiled confidently, "Lujiang has been controlled by the Haisha Gang and the He family for a long time, presumably in this army, most of the children of these two families also hold important positions, and the grass people of the poor family were born, I am afraid that no matter how talented they are, they can only be ordinary non-commissioned officers or grassroots officers, and it is impossible to get ahead without taking refuge in the Haisha Gang and the He family." ”

"Acting according to the plan, as long as you find out these soldiers who have the ability to be buried, and with a little training, Your Highness will have one more elite army that can be used, and Your Highness will be able to take full advantage of them if you have the grace to know them. ”

Chu Zhao nodded when he heard this, "Brother Ye Xian is not wrong, this king is also well aware of the shortcomings in this army, and my father has wanted to vigorously reform many times, so that the people of the poor family also have a way to get ahead, but these big families are too powerful." You can only change slowly, step by step. ”