Chapter Twenty-Nine: Two Paths
The drizzle was still falling, wetting the thatched roofs of the small noodle shops on the streets, and the majestic white mist poured out of the boiling hot water in the iron pot, and the boss pulled the slender buckwheat noodles out of the pot with a sweat towel around his neck, and after passing through the cold water, they fell into the porcelain bowl where the original soup had already been prepared.
Two bowls of cold noodles, Yanbian method, noodles stacked with slices of pork ribs, boiled sauce, garnished with chopped green onions and coriander.
Zhu Di poured the soju in the warm white jade wine pot into the wine cup, and pushed a wine cup down in front of Zhu Huan: "Go first?" ”
"Let's go." Zhu Huan lifted the wine cup and clinked glasses with Zhu Di and drank it all.
When the shochu enters the throat, it burns in the stomach like a boiling fire, sweeping away the cold chill.
Zhu Huan glanced behind him, Cao Xiu stood silently not far away, and waved his hand to him, Cao Xiu understood what Zhu Huan meant, and left quietly.
Cao Xiu is the head of his bodyguard and secretary, and he never leaves. It's just that now that he is with Zhu Di, Zhu Di has no guards around him, so Cao Xiu will look a little embarrassed.
Zhu Di also noticed Cao Xiu's movements, and smiled at Zhu Huan: "This is Cao Xiu?" ”
"Hmm." Zhu Huan nodded: "It's like the tail behind my ass every day, and I have to follow when I eat." ”
"Did you hear what I was talking to the generals of Yanwangfu today?" Zhu Di asked.
"Fourth brother, you said it yourself before, and our brothers don't bother to mention the military and political case." Zhu Huan's monkey spirit monkey spirit is not Zhu Di's set at all.
"Oh, did I say that, I can't remember." Zhu Di pretended to be confused.
"......" Zhu Huan was helpless: "This is the military affairs of your Yanwang Mansion, you ask me, is it appropriate?" ”
"What's inappropriate, mine is yours." Zhu Di said with a smile.
"I'm grass, don't talk about it!" Zhu Huan hurriedly interrupted Zhu Di: "One thing is one thing, my brother will settle the account." ”
What are you kidding, can you talk nonsense about "what's mine is yours"!
After that, you became the emperor, could it be that you want to give me half of the world?
It is estimated that the world will not be able to divide it by then, but the head will be gone.
"Let's talk about it, this matter can make your fourth brother worried." Zhu Di said.
Zhu Huan filled the wine cup, clinked glasses with Zhu Di and drank them all, and after a little thought, he said, "Fourth brother, are you in a hurry to be the emperor?" ”
"Poof!" Zhu Di squirted out a sip of wine, hurriedly looked around, and said to Zhu Huan angrily after making sure that there was no one: "Have you pumped your brain?" ”
The implication of Zhu Di's words is: Can this kind of thing be said nonsense!
"I'm just trying to be honest." Zhu Huan said: "Attacking the four military towns of Yangzhou, Huai'an, Lingbi and Fengyang, it is convenient to recover in the south, and Xuyi, Sizhou, Gaoyou, Suzhou, etc. are all turtles in the urn. Then he could go south to Pei County, and the main forces of the imperial court in Jinan and Dezhou fought a decisive battle, if the main force of the imperial court was defeated, the world would be peaceful. ”
At present, the main army of the imperial court led by Sheng Yong, Ping'an, Tiexian and others is still resisting, and the armies in other regions are in a wait-and-see state.
In fact, the main force of the imperial court was still fantasizing about being able to defeat the Yan and Qi divisions and rescue Jianwen. However, this is impossible, from the moment Zhenjiang fell, it was doomed that the imperial army would be defeated, and it was only a matter of time before it would be defeated.
"If you follow this route, it won't take more than a year, and the fourth brother will be able to become the emperor......"
"Stop." Zhu Di interrupted Zhu Huan to prevent Zhu Huan from saying something shocking to the world.
Zhu Di asked, "What about the other routes?" ”
"Another route, go back to Jinling first." Zhu Huan said: "The army of Yanwangfu has been going south all the way, and there are frequent battles, so it is better to rest and recuperate first." Then attack from both ends with the troops in the north, forcing the imperial army to fight on two fronts, the battle line of the imperial army is too long, and if the two fronts are fought, the strength will be greatly weakened. If they don't divide their forces, then we can drive straight into them from the southern front and crush them once and for all. ”
"Go on." Zhu Di frowned.
"The advantage of the first route is that it is 'fast', which allows the fourth brother to sit on the emperor in the shortest possible time...... Well, I won't talk about this, fourth brother, don't look at me. Zhu Huan coughed twice and continued: "But the disadvantage is that the consumption is too great. The troops of Sheng Yong, Ping'an, Tiexian and others will inevitably fight to the death. After this battle, the two of our troops will not be able to fight on a large scale for at least three years. And the advantage of the second route is 'stability', we have the Son of Heaven in our hands, and let Sheng Yong and others surrender in the name of Jianwen. ”
"Impossible, Sheng Yong, they are not stupid." Zhu Di shook his head.
"Of course I know they're not going to surrender, but conceptually, the meaning is different." Zhu Huan said with deep meaning: "If they don't surrender, they will resist the will, go against the emperor's order, and become a thief who disobeys the emperor's order, and we are the righteous teachers of King Qin!" ”
"That's." Zhu Di sighed.
Obviously, they are the rebels and thieves, but they have become the righteous teachers of King Qin. And the real imperial army has become a thief who disobeys the emperor's orders!
Black and white are reversed, and the world is ridiculous.
"As for the second route, so that we can encroach on the imperial army step by step, and at the same time cause a public opinion blow to Sheng Yong and others, whoever dares to help them is a thief, in this case, it is difficult to guarantee that no one in the imperial army will have strange ideas. And our army will be in a position of invincibility with a great boost in morale. ”
After Zhu Huan finished speaking, he filled the wine cup and drank the wine by himself.
And Zhu Di fell into deep thought, thinking about the two routes that Zhu Huan said just now.
Zhu Huan was eating cold noodles unhurriedly, he had already given the answer, and the choice was finally handed over to Zhu Di.
In fact, Zhu Huan recommends the second route more.
In fact, there is not much difference between the first route and the second route fundamentally, but it seems that the first route is a little faster than the second route, because the first is to fight with your life, and the second is to maximize the benefits.
Only from the current strength of the two sides, no matter which route, Yanshi is bound to win.
There are two major cities of Zhenjiang and Jinling to guarantee the bottom, as far as possible to attack Yangzhou, Huai'an, go north to take Pei County, attack the main force of the imperial army in Dezhou, Jinan and other places, even if you haven't fought, you can go south to defend.
Zhu Di and Zhu Huan can lose countless times, but as long as the imperial army loses once, it is a complete loss.
But if the first route is chosen, it is to force the imperial army to fight to the death, and even if it wins in the end, it will be extremely damaged, and it will not be able to conduct a large-scale war for at least three years, but the victory is swift, and the world can be stabilized within a year.
chose the second route, that is, to slowly cut the flesh from the imperial army, weaken the imperial army to the extreme, and then swallow it unhurriedly, compared with the first road, the damage of the second road can be reduced by at least fifty percent, but the time to determine the outcome will be longer, but at most it will be a year and a half longer, or even less.
Soon, Zhu Di got the right idea: "Before the Chinese New Year, move the main force to Jinling!" ”