After listening to Zhang Zhongsheng's words, Zhu Wen didn't show any excitement or indifference, nodded and left the bloody mansion. Behind him, the screams came from the depths of the compound, and it was conceivable what Liu Xinwu's family was suffering.

He didn't look back, and went to the Jiedu Embassy surrounded by a group of old ministers.

Zhu Wen was noncommittal about Zhang Zhongsheng's statement, as if he was very indifferent, but this was just a steady bearing formed after he experienced strong winds and waves, and he recognized it in his heart.

It is an indisputable fact that the hinterland of the Central Plains was weakened in the Huaisi War.

Li Maozhen really doesn't have much control over the towns, at most he relies on the name of the imperial court and the temptation of interests. Once the backyard is threatened, even if the town's knot kicks his brain, he will immediately return to his town.

Walking on the cold street, Zhu Wen's heart was intertwined with two contradictory emotions: calm and hot.

After returning from Kunlun, he knew that the general trend was gone, and he could no longer compete with the kings, so he planned to live in seclusion in the market for the rest of his life. In troubled times, human life is like a mustard, and it is not too bad to be able to rely on one's own cultivation realm to protect his wife's wealth for life.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity still found him.

Of course, he knew that Gao Yu was not well-intentioned, but this did not prevent him from taking advantage of the situation and fishing in troubled waters.

Yes, fishing in troubled waters, this is Zhu Wen's plan. Now he really doesn't have any power to speak of, and the Great Cultivator of the True Human Realm has to rely on Gao Yu's power, which looks like a candle in the wind, and he can't withstand the wind and rain at all.

But Zhu Wen could see that when Li Maozhen was defeated, the Central Plains would inevitably be in flames again, and when the time came, there would be homeless soldiers and monks for him to recruit.

It is easy for Gao Biao to defeat Li Maozhen in Huaisi, but it is not so easy to dominate the Central Plains.

In the battle of Huaisi, Li Maozhen had three times the number of soldiers, but the battle was fought into the current situation, and he couldn't take Wuning for a long time.

The war is going well, but once the war is deadlocked, the fragile alliance is very easy to break.

However, when Li Maozhen was defeated and retreated, the situation of the Central Plains Domain and the towns of the Central Plains would soon change.

Not long after Zhu Wen came to the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, the old ministry came one after another, including civil and military officials and monks. Zhu Wen met with them and talked with them for half the night.

When the civil and military dispersed, everyone was brisk and obviously high-spirited.

Zhu Wen walked unhurriedly and came to the backyard with a familiar car.

This was once his mansion, and Liu Dazheng has been in charge for a short time, and the architectural pattern has not changed.

Walking in a familiar environment under the dim lights, Zhu Wen had a lot of sadness or faint emotion in his heart. He was a rough man, unable to chant a few lines of poetry that was appropriate to the situation, and he did not have the impulse. All he could think of in his mind was how to hold on to what was lost and regained, and not repeat the mistakes of the past.

His wife, Zhang, is from the family of the poet and calligrapher, and she is a woman who does not let her eyebrows, she is knowledgeable, virtuous and intelligent, Zhu Wen never hides anything from her, and when the other party wears his wide clothes, he also talks about the current situation and corresponding plans.

"Once Li Maozhen was defeated and retreated to Huaisi, there was no commander in the Central Plains who could compete with Gao Yu, but he still had the strength to resist the Wu army, especially the old troops of King An in Pinglu and Hebei - whether it was the combat strength of the army or the strength of the monks. ”

Zhu Wen said slowly, "Cui Keli, Li Zhen, Shangguan Chengcheng, Liu Dazheng, Song Jiao and others are used to watching each other when they follow King An, and they regard the heroes of the world as grass cowards, and the possibility of being willing to take refuge in Gao Biao is very small. And even if they were willing, if Gao Biao wanted to control King An's old power, he couldn't tolerate them as leaders. They're smart people, and when the time comes, they'll know what to do. ”

Zhang sat down beside Zhu Wen, held his hand, stared at him affectionately and said, "Husband is saying that they will unite with you when the time comes?"

Zhu Wen bowed slightly, and there was a glint in his eyes: "With the strength of a part of King An's army and monks, I don't say that I can defeat Gao Yu who is in the sky immediately, at least I can block him." When Li Maozhen recovers, he will intervene in the Central Plains again, at least to support me one or two. ”

This time he set fire to his back, which greatly harmed Li Maozhen, but after talking about it, Li Maozhen might still help him, but there was no hesitation in his tone.

He knew in his heart that it was not only Li Maozhen, but Wang Jian would not be idle at that time.

No one among the kings would want another being as powerful as King An—unless that person was themselves. The weak unite and solve the strongest first, just like they hurt Li Ye in Kunlun, it is an inevitable choice.

Zhang pursed his lips and asked, "Husband wants to take over King An's old department?"

Zhu Wen looked at his beloved wife, and his tone was soft and firm, as if he was making some kind of promise: "King An's old department, whether it is the army or the Tsing Yi Yamen, is a sharp weapon in the world, and if you get it, you can dominate the world, who doesn't want to have it?" That Li Maozhen is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and he jumps up and down while holding the Son of Heaven hostage, instead of letting King An's old tribe come into his hands, it is better for me Zhu Wen to lead them to clear the universe!"

When he said this, Zhu Wen's eyes were quite resentful and regretful, just like seeing a pearl secretly cast.

......

Just when Zhu Wen gathered up his old ministry and sent a letter to the state and county to prepare for a big fight, the clown who jumped the beam in his mouth had already fought three battles with Yang Xingmi near Tangong City in Shansang County.

In one day, there were three battles.

The record was that Li Maozhen lost two losses and one draw, lost more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and killed less than 800 enemies.

Li Maozhen stood at the head of Shansang County, looking at Wu Jun walking away quickly on the whirlpool, his face was gloomy as if it was about to rain.

Speaking of which, the results of today's three battles don't have much to do with her, he has just arrived here. If he hadn't come, the team in front of him, which was full of Wu army soldiers and suddenly emerged from the river grass, would not have fled away as soon as they first engaged with the Shansang soldiers, but might have captured this county.

Although the boat was extremely fast and drove like a fly on the water, the hull of the ship was not large, and it could only carry twenty or thirty soldiers. But this can't stand the other side's ship. Just like now, nearly 200 of the other party's walkers are running away on the vortex river, and the sound is also huge like a giant dragon.

Not to mention, next to the dense forest not far from the shore, the Wu army and horse army disappeared as soon as they appeared.

Combined, there are 8,000 soldiers, and it is really not difficult to capture a county that is in the rear of the army and is not very well guarded.

The vortex is a relatively large river in the Huai Si water system, which is generally in the northwest-southeast direction, originates in Chenzhou, and flows through Bo and Ying into the Huai River: this is also the basic situation of the Huai Si water system.

There are countless such rivers in a radius of 100,000 miles, and the water network is so complex that it is impossible to control them all. The Wu army's naval division marched against the current of the Huai River, and if they were slightly smaller, they would be able to reach the place they wanted to go at will, and where could the troops from Guanzhong, the Central Plains, and Hebei be able to defend themselves.

"I don't know where Wu Jun got so many ships, big and small, and there are endless patterns. We have so many limited ship styles, and we have fought with them a few times, and each time we have been defeated by the other side, and the soldiers have been defeated. No boat dared to walk on the river now, so it was inevitable that they would not be attacked. ”

The commander of the capital stationed in Shansang was a big man with a rough face and a resolute temperament, but now he was aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law, and he pointed to his own fleet burning on the riverbank and complained to Li Maozhen.

There are 100 large and small boats in the riverside fleet, which is quite a lot, but most of them are civilian boats, mainly used to transport grain. The Wu army attacked and set it on fire, and now although many sergeants are busy extinguishing the fire, it seems that they have to lose about half.

"Yang Xingmi ......" Li Maozhen looked at the river where the shadow of the walking boat could no longer be seen, and silently chewed on the name.

There were about 200 Wu troops attacking Shansang, but the Wu army that cooperated with the attack was less than 10,000, and I heard that there were no less than 200,000 Wu troops under Yang Xingmi's command, so you can imagine what a terrifying number the number of Wu ships and ships is.

Although the Wu Army's naval division was large and elite, it was impossible to have so many ships of all kinds, especially small warships suitable for the Huai Surabaya system. Needless to say, Suzhou, where Yang Xingmi is located, must be building ships day and night, and it has been going on for a long time.

At the southern end of Bozhou, Yingzhou, and Suzhou, and at the northern end of the Huai River where the water network is dense, I don't know how many Wu army warships are hidden in the shadows, like dormant poisonous snakes and locusts ready to attack, waiting to bite Li Maozhen's 560,000 army.

They are short of strength, so they turn into small and large, like flies bite wild beasts, trying to suck the blood of the enemy little by little. Every time the beasts were ready to fight back, they scattered so that the beasts could only pounce on the air, and when the beasts were not paying attention, they crawled all over the beast's body and limbs, and acted recklessly.

Eventually, when the behemoth lost too much blood and faltered, they would swarm up and bring it down, eating its flesh completely.

Thinking of this, Li Maozhen couldn't help but shudder.

Yang Xingmi, a Confucian general, is really not to be underestimated......

Li Maozhen couldn't sit still any longer, waved his hand to summon the military envoys and monk commanders, and shouted in a deep voice: "The monks of the Phantom Sound Workshop are in groups of three, scattered and monitoring the rivers and official roads, and there must be Qi cultivation monks guarding every five miles, and there must be a real human realm every forty miles." Once the Wu army sentry, rangers, and monks are discovered, they will mobilize the surrounding monks to hunt and kill, and no one can escape!

"Order Zhao Bingkun, give up the attack on Suzhou and fight a decisive battle with the enemy, stop advancing, retreat the main force of the elite cavalry, and divide into various counties and fortresses to wait!

"Then order Liu Zhijun to disperse the 200,000 soldiers and horses under his command, take the capital as the command, and take the garrison as the node, day and night to search the wild forests, wastelands, mountains, and especially the big and small rivers outside the city!

"Once a large number of Wu troops are discovered, immediately report to the same counties and fortresses, please send out the elite cavalry to besiege it, and then cooperate with the nearby army to besiege and kill it! I will give him half a month, if he can't turn over every inch of land in the whole territory of Bo and Ying, I will take his head!"

The sergeant was dumbfounded by the military order, but when he saw Li Maozhen's murderous appearance, he didn't dare to question it, and hurriedly took the order.

The first commander of the Phantom Sound Workshop is a middle-aged woman with plump body and bright makeup, and when she heard Li Maozhen's words, she couldn't help but change her color: "King Qi arranged it like this, and the monks under his command poured out of the nest, and there was no one around to protect him, this is ......"

"This is not a question you should consider! Remember, if the Phantom Sound Workshop is all dispatched, and the military orders of the Wu army can be transmitted everywhere unimpeded, I want you to die without a corpse!" Li Maozhen gritted her teeth.

The first commander did not dare to ask any more questions, and was ordered to leave like a military envoy.