What's next? It has been more than two years, although the number of victories is more than the number of defeats, but in the end it is back to Beiping, and now the sphere of influence that can be controlled is only Beiping, Baoding, Yongping these counties, but the new areas that have been painstakingly captured are due to insufficient troops, and they can't really occupy it at all, and they can't consolidate the victories they have achieved at the same time, and they can't expand the new forces. Moreover, Sheng Yong and Ping An of the Southern Army probably also saw this, so they adopted the tactics of focusing on defense and no longer launched a frontal battle with themselves, which was even more of a headache.

I can't afford it, and for my side-

Zhu Di sighed heavily, he knew that there was not much time in his hands, and there was no possibility of taking a step back, which was also the most critical point.

In the early days of the army, Zhu Di also fantasized about being able to explain to his emperor's nephew through peace talks, although from the moment he met, Dao Yan had been hinting that he was going to ascend the throne, but he really didn't want to get it in this way. He didn't want to become an anti-king traitor, let alone be called a "rebel and thief", but if he didn't do this at that time, I was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to realize his desire to live an ordinary life.

Wrote to Zhu Yunwen again and again, not all of which were Zhu Di's gestures, because he didn't feel the family affection that the other party had for him, but at the same time, he also knew that even if it was a peace talk, he must not lose the initiative, and after failing again and again, Zhu Di understood that there was only one result of this "Jing Difficulty", that is, to achieve the final victory and seize the power of the court.

But can this result be achieved? After several battles, Zhu Di began to have doubts, and even wavered......

With Zheng He and the master and slave, they rushed to Qingshou Temple.

Because of his frequent travel, in order not to disturb the people who normally enter the temple to visit the Buddha, Zhu Di has long had his own route to see Daoyan. After walking through a quiet corridor, I came directly to the meditation room where Dao Yan lived, pushed the door and walked in, but I couldn't help but be stunned.

I saw that the "unwell" old monk Zhu Gaochi said was sitting there looking at the book, and his eyes were blazing and his face was full of red light, and he raised his head when he heard the footsteps.

"Lord, you are finally here, the old man has been waiting for a long time."

"Master?"

Slightly stunned, Zhu Di turned to a wry smile and said,

"This king heard that you are not feeling well, so he came to visit, but it seems that your complexion is very good, master, and it doesn't seem to be any discomfort."

"Naturally, the old man is not uncomfortable, but you seem to be preoccupied."

Dao Yan poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of him.

Zhu Di took the teacup in his hand, a little annoyed in his heart, the old monk was obviously asking knowingly, after a pause, he said,

"After fighting for so long, I can't see any results at all, how can the Lone King not be preoccupied."

"Who's to say it's not effective at all?"

Dao Yan said unhurriedly,

"In the eyes of the old man, the lord has achieved remarkable results since he started the army."

"Significant? Why didn't the Lone King see it? ”

Zhu Di said angrily and funny.

Dao Yan looked at him and said,

"Since the lord is here today, why don't you tell me about the before and after of the war, how about the old man want to hear it?"

"That's okay."

Zhu Di concisely talked about the situation of the two sides since the dispatch of the army.

After listening to this, Dao Yan smiled and said,

"With the army for such a long time, you have achieved a lot of victories, and you have done your best, since you have tried so much energy, but you can't get more territory, it is better to give up as soon as possible."

"What do you mean by that, Master?"

Hearing his words, Zhu Di was stunned at the time, and then said very annoyedly,

"Give up? If the Lone King is not mistaken, it was you who said it to me, master, there is no way to retreat, let alone turn back! Now that he is saying that he wants to give up, does he want me to tie up my family and ask for sins in the future? ”

"Of course not,"

Dao Yan looked at him and really couldn't hold his breath, and couldn't help but smile and waved his hand,

"The old man just asked you to give up the battle for that city and a city, just think about it, is it to win the city, or to win the country?"

"If you don't win that city and town, how can you win the country?"

Zhu Di listened inexplicably and asked rhetorically.

Dao Yan smiled, took a letter from the side, and said,

"Not long ago, someone from the imperial palace in the capital sent it, and it said that the troops in the capital are very empty, and if you can take advantage of the weakness, the first battle will be successful. Lao Wei thought about it, in the past three years, the lord you have won more battles than lost battles in Bazhou Kexian County, Beiping, the court is tired of coping, and the east and west are fighting, and most of the troops have been transferred to defend, how many troops can be defended in Yingtian? So this message should still be very reliable. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di was amused and angry when he heard it,

"Having said that, how can our army respond to the sky? If you don't defeat Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan, and Ping'an, how can you pass through Shandong? ”

"The lord's words are wrong, the way to Yingtian, who said that you must take all parts of Shandong? What the old man wants to say is not to care about the gains and losses of those cities and towns, rush to the capital, and take advantage of the void! ”

At this point, Dao Yan suddenly stood up and made a gesture pointing straight south.

Zhu Di was originally very smart, and after listening to his analysis, he immediately suddenly realized, as if he had been woken up from his sleep, and nodded again and again.

"Yes, yes, thanks to your guidance, Master, otherwise wouldn't the Lone King have been entangled in these unnecessary troubles. However, you are really, Master, and you have such a good plan, so why didn't you tell me earlier? Why bother to work hard and spend so much blood and sweat on soldiers. ”

"If there were no bloody battles for more than two years, how could there be no troops in the capital now?"

Dao Yan asked with a smile,

"Therefore, the many battles of the whole army commanded by you, my lord, are not as futile as they seem on the surface, but have achieved remarkable results."

"Thank you, Master, Xiao Wang already understands what to do next."

Zhu Di said very happily.

On the way back from Daoyan, seeing that Zhu Di's mood was obviously much better, Zheng He smiled and said,

"It seems that the master's health has improved, and there is nothing serious, right?"

"That old monk is fine,"

Zhu Di still said with joy on his face,

"It's not so much that I went to visit the master's illness, but that I asked him to treat my heart disease."

"So, the fourth master, your heart disease has been cured?"

Zheng He understands the authenticity.

Zhu Di nodded vigorously,

"Let's just say that, the master gave me a good prescription, and this heart disease that has been pressed in my heart for a while has really been cured by him today."