A gentle wind blew from the southern wilderness to the river, and the sky was light, and a few sand gulls chirped a few times and flapped their wings away.

The fierce-tempered Northland horse whistled and spewed out two balls of qi from the wings of his nose, blowing straight into Wu Mingche's face, but he was motionless, sculpture-like, and unresponsive.

"I have decided to conquer Gangneung at the end of this autumn...... Wu Qing, if you have anything to say, you don't need to say it again! ”

Chen Ji, the man who dominates the Chen Kingdom, this is his king, and now he is only an arm's length away, and the ministers who are not the trusted ministers of the Son of Heaven cannot stand so close at all. But Chen Ji had clearly expressed his refusal, and he did not hide it, Wu Mingche could even see his every look clearly, it was so cold and resolute.

He understood that the emperor had been carried away by the great achievement of taking Jiangling - in fact, it was not necessarily dizzy, in the impression of the emperor and everyone else in the Chen State, Daqi was still the existence that whipped the world more than ten years ago, and they would rather face Jiangling with their backs to the Zhou State than directly provoke this strategic ally.

But this world has changed, if Chen Guo does not recapture Jianghuai, the Mandate of Heaven will always be in the north, and will never favor the Southern Dynasty, is this not clear to the Manchu Dynasty?

Gao Qi is indeed a strong dragon, but this country has been mistaken for a long time, the people's livelihood has withered, and it still looks beautiful, but the inner bag has long come up, and it is not something that can be done in a year or two to fully restore the heyday.

All that remains of this dragon is a skeleton, and even a mud snake is inferior.

This is a great opportunity for the Southern Dynasty, and if you don't plan now, do you have to wait for Gao Wei to let this strong dragon with only a skeleton grow back into blood and muscles before making a move? Wrong...... Miss by a mile!

Wu Mingche's heart turned upside down, countless thoughts poured out, he had a thousand words to say to Chen Ji, but he didn't know whether to say it or not.

Suddenly, someone in the team of ministers mentioned:

"I heard that General Wu is from Qin County, and it is inevitable that he will feel homesick, no wonder he looks at Jiangbei day and night, but if this thought is mixed into national politics, it will be inappropriate......"

Wu Mingche's face changed sharply, what he said seemed to be sympathetic, but in fact it was very vicious. In and out of his words, he was clearly saying that Wu Mingche disregarded the overall situation of the country for the sake of personal grievances and personal emotions, and he didn't know what his heart was!

Chen Ji's eyes also quickly swept over the scrutiny, and then reprimanded the man:

"Presumptuous! How many meritorious contributions General Wu has made for our dynasty, how can you wait for a sentence or two to easily frame? Although what he said was not quite in line with my heart, in the final analysis, he was thinking about me and Da Chen...... Don't let me hear anything like that in the future! ”

Then he took a few steps forward, patted Wu Mingche on the shoulder and said:

"Tongzhao...... I rejected you not because I was suspicious of you.

"You have your considerations, and I have my thoughts, do you mean that I don't pay attention to them?

"No, when it comes to the friendship between you and me, I am naturally willing to listen to you.

"But I am the emperor, and every action I do must be considered for the future of my dynasty.

“…… Although what you said is indeed a possibility, I still feel that taking Gangneung is the top priority of our dynasty......

“…… I have been saving up for several years, and it is just when the arrow is on the bow, and I must make a decision.

“…… In extraordinary times, the whole country can only tolerate one voice. Do you understand my intentions? ”

Chen Ji's words followed one after another, and Wu Mingche opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't do anything.

Chen Ji patted him on the shoulder affectionately, but there was a touch of coldness hidden in his kind face.

When he finished the last sentence, Wu Mingche clearly noticed that Chen Ji's gesture had become a little heavier.

Everybody's looking at this side.

After a while, Wu Mingche sighed imperceptibly and said weakly:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... Speechless. ”

It's nothing to say, it's not convincing.

Chen Ji's smile froze for a moment, but he didn't care too much, and waved his hand:

"You can understand, I am very pleased, but I think your concerns still need to be taken into account, since Aiqing cares about Qi State, it is better to guard Zhenjiang...... Hehe, this time I have decided to attack Gangneung, and the heavy generals will come out, and it will not work if the hinterland is undefended.

"Aiqing is sitting in Zhenjiang, how about being vigilant about the Northern Dynasty?"

To put it bluntly, Zhenjiang soldiers and horses will inevitably be transferred when they are in battle, and materials, food, and equipment will inevitably be transported through this place.

It is conceivable that if Zhang Zhaoda and others really take Jiangling, Wu Mingche will not be able to get any credit, not to mention that he will be quickly marginalized by the emperor.

On the surface, Chen Ji still trusts him, but he really puts him together.

This is just a small warning from the emperor, if Wu Mingche doesn't know each other again, I'm afraid that all these imaginary endings will come true......

"Obey." Wu Mingche could only act as deferential as possible, even if it was not from his original intention.

Chen Ji nodded, talked and laughed a few more words, and walked away, Wu Mingche's face was dark, but he didn't say anything, just fell far behind the crowd, among the ministers, Xu Ling quietly glanced back, deliberately slowed down, and followed Wu Mingche.

"Oh, Xu Shangshu ......" Wu Mingche noticed Xu Ling's existence and arched his hand apologetically.

"General Wu doesn't have to be polite, Your Majesty is not a suspicious general, and the general is ......"

Wu Mingche smiled bitterly: "Xu Shangshu is too worried, how dare someone Wu be dissatisfied with His Majesty?" Wu is just ...... It's just a little worried about the future...... "He looked to the north, the south wind rose, the fog locked the long river, and the river was crossed straight up to Jianghuai."

"Although Your Majesty and General Zhang do not agree with General Wu's thoughts, the old man thinks that General Wu's words are very reasonable......

Wu Ming's eyes suddenly gave birth to a little brilliance, looked at Xu Ling, and said: "Xu Shangshu has been an envoy to the Northern Dynasty, and he must have some understanding of the Northern Dynasty, I don't know how Xu Shangshu thinks of Wu's thoughts?"

Xu Ling stopped, Wu Mingche also paused, only to see Xu Ling with his hands behind his back, the breeze blew his beard, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't know...... When the old man crossed the river and went north last year, the country of Qi was in a difficult situation and the people's livelihood was withering, but today, the old man didn't know it......"

"As General Wu said, the Lord of Qi is young, but he is ambitious, at this time when the world is turbulent, he can still be patient to rectify the internal affairs first, it is conceivable that this is a powerful character who can calm down, what the old man saw and heard last year, I am afraid that it will never ......happen in the country of Qi again."

Wu Mingche took a deep breath, "This is not good news for my dynasty......

"Yes, it's not good news," Xu Ling looked at the misty river, his thoughts were surging, Daqi and Chen Guo are allies, but when it comes to the root, it is still a hostile relationship, Chen Guo wants to take advantage of the contradiction between Daqi and Dazhou, why not want to Qi Guo? Now the Qi State is still not free, but the Qi State is already resting, how will it be in a year? What will happen in two years?

"The old man doesn't know how to fight, but he thinks that what General Wu said has some truth, the foundation of Daqi is still there, the tiger is dead, and the shelf has not fallen, no one knows if General Wu's guess will come true that day......" His face at this time was extremely solemn, "If there is a chance in the future, the old man will definitely help General Wu." ”

Wu Mingche opened his mouth, and finally said: "In this way, thank you Xu Shangshu." Xu Ling laughed a few times, waved his hand, and the two caught up with the team together.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and that's probably what it looks like.

Chen Guojunchen talked for a long time and finalized some detailed rules for personnel appointments, and then Chen Ji made a decision: "Zhang Zhaoda is the commander of the road, leading the army of 80,000, Huang Fayan is the side support, leading the army of 20,000, Zhang Zhaoda's department is deputyed with Cheng Wenji, Fan Yi, and Sun Jin, and Huang Fayan's department is deputyed with Ren Zhong, Huang Yong, and Xu Ma. For now...... Let's do it first. ”