Chapter 703: Watching the Fire Across the Shore
When the good news came back to Bianzhou, Zhu Youzhen and Zhu Chi were rafting on the river.
Zhu Chi had no big ambitions, and the only advantage that could be praised was calmness. Therefore, when Zhu Wen went out to fight, he always asked him to serve as the queen of Xuanwu and guard his nest.
Zhu Chi is a very enjoyable person. This extremely luxurious pleasure boat was specially built for himself to facilitate his own travel. He usually opens to the public, and of course he receives no ordinary people. He is either rich or noble. If you spend a lifetime on board, you may not be able to earn money even if you struggle for a lifetime. But even so, the business of this pleasure boat was quite prosperous. After Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, the business of this pleasure boat became better and better.
But today, there are only their uncle and nephew on the pleasure boat.
Eating fresh fish that had just been cooked by the chef, looking at the cool-dressed beauty dancing on the thick carpet, listening to the singing voice like the sky, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but sigh that he was really enjoying and intriguing.
From childhood to adulthood, where have they ever enjoyed such good things?
When I was young, I was forced to study and practice martial arts.
When I grew up, I stepped on the war horse and kept fighting.
My father, the second uncle who fell on the battlefield in his early years, and the third uncle in front of him, everyone said that the third uncle was useless, but it was the third uncle who lived the most leisurely life.
Or is this the life he wants?
Zhu Youzhen thought that although such a life was not what he wanted, it had to be said that it was indeed very eroding. The land of gentleness is the tomb of heroes. Everything he enjoyed with Uncle San in Bianzhou these days was probably the silent advice from Uncle San to himself.
Uncle San had good intentions, but he couldn't accept it.
Even if he does not want to make progress, he can still dominate the power. If he does not want to make progress, he will be just a living dead person in the future. A real man cannot be powerless for a day, so how can he just stop him?
Zhong Yuan pushed open the cabin and walked in, bowed and said, "Your Highness, stay here, a boat is coming."
Zhu Youzhen sat up straight, her eyes brightly: "Is it so fast?"
Zhu Chi waved his hand, and the karaoke musicians in the room immediately retreated one after another, put on their coats with Zhu Youzhen, and walked out of the cabin. The cold wind made Zhu Chi shudder with excitement, and his neck was involuntarily shrank into his collar. He turned to look at his nephew, but stood on the bow of the boat like a javelin.
The boat came very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he leaned against the side of the pleasure boat. A soldier climbed up the rope ladder quickly.
"Your Highness, you have a great victory ahead, General Cao Bin has taken Guide." The soldier reported the good news to Zhu Youzhen with a happy face.
Although I had expected it, Zhu Youzhen was still extremely happy when she heard the news with her own ears.
"Why is it so fast?" He couldn't help asking. Guide is a major town in Wuning, where there are heavy troops stationed.
"General Tian Guofeng led 3,000 cavalry to raid Guide, defeated the opponent in one battle, and killed Lu Meng, the general of the Wuning Army's ranks, and captured Zhou Qun, the king of Guide Mansion alive. Later, Zhou Qun surrendered, General Tian and the gate of Guide were lured to open the Guide City, and completely captured Guide City," the soldier said: "General Cao has now marched towards Xuzhou."
Zhu Youzhen laughed, took out a golden horn from his arms, stuffed it into the soldier's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you have worked hard along the way, take it to have a drink."
"Thank you, Your Highness." The soldier was so excited that he bowed his fists and got off the boat.
The two of them remained silent, but one looked excited, while the other was helpless.
After a while, Zhu Chi said, "You go. Attacking Xuzhou is different from hitting Guide. And at this time, the news is not hidden even if you want to hide it. It will be very lively next."
"Of course it will be very lively, but at this point, no one can stop me from taking Xuzhou." Zhu Youzhen waved his fist and said.
"There are still 10,000 troops in Bianzhou, of which 3,000 are from your third uncle and I. Please take them with you. You can take them as much as you need for logistics and military supplies." Zhu Chi said.
"Thank you for your support from Uncle San!" Zhu Youzhen bowed and thanked.
"Since you have already tear your face, of course you have to do it to the end. Wu Ning is in the hands of the Zhu family, which is better than letting the person named Pang control it." Zhu Chi shook his head: "But you want..."
"Be careful of the attack behind you." Zhu Youzhen said: "I have prepared for this long ago. Uncle Third, the second brother will be happy to see him. He is bullied by his elder brother now. Only the elder brother will not be able to see me take down Wuning, right? Do you think he will order Gun Navy to enter Wuning to support Pang Xun?"
Zhu Chi glanced at Zhu Youzhen and shook his head and said, "Your brother is not good, but Dai Shuai may be. Dai Shuai has wanted Xuzhou for a long time. It was just that Pang Xun saw that the situation was not good, so he decided to submit to your father. Dai Chao had already entered Xuzhou. Now that such a delicious fruit has fallen into your hands, how could Dai Shuai be willing?"
Zhu Youzhen laughed loudly and showed a squishy white teeth: "I really hope that the commander Dai can deliver the order in time, so that we can give him a heavy blow to the court."
Zhu Chi's eyes hopped, and he looked at Zhu Youzhen suspiciously and said, "Did Jingxiang dig a yard and wait for Dai Shuai to jump down?"
"Uncle San is wise, the pit has been dug up long ago. If Dai Shuai insists on jumping in, then we will no longer blame him for being covered in blood." Zhu Youzhen smiled like a little fox, "This is Jiang Taigong fishing, and the wishes have taken the bait."
Zhu Chi sighed and said, "It's all a family, so peace is the most important thing. If we cannot unite, how can we resist foreign humiliation together? Now our Daliang is not resting on our side, but we are surrounded by enemies!"
"Uncle San, if my father was just a Xuanwujie Town, we must be kind and filial, filial, friendly and respectful. Unfortunately, my father is now the Emperor of Daliang. Just look at my experiences after my defeat in Luzhou, and look at the bloody struggle between my elder brother and my second brother, and you should understand. The reason why I am eager to take down Wuning is to want a place to live!"
"Then join in this battle?" Zhu Chi sighed.
"No, I will go all the way south to avoid the fight between them!" Zhu Youzhen's eyes flashed, and she took a deep breath before saying, "Let them go to the south to fight to the death. I will go to the south to avoid disaster. Third uncle, you, the position of Xuanwu, is important. The eldest brother and the second brother will definitely fight for you desperately. Once you can't win, you will definitely be regarded as a thorn in your eyes."
Zhu Chi laughed dryly and said, "If you keep going south and don't look back to Chang'an and Luoyang and other places, I will always support you?"
Zhu Youzhen looked at Zhu Chi for a while and suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Uncle San, then we'll make up for this. After I take down Wuning, I will go south and rectify the rear of my Daliang. As for the court dispute, let the eldest brother and the second brother compete. I'll just hide aside."
Zhu Chi laughed: "This is not bad. Although it is suspected of watching the fire across the mountains and reaping profits, the Imperial Family has a noble character to do this. Third brother, if you can really do this, then what if the third uncle stands firmly behind you?"
"Thank you, Uncle San!" Zhu Youzhen smiled and bowed to the ground.
The next day, Zhu Youzhen, with thousands of Xuanwu Army and tens of thousands of temporary recruits, and carried countless food and grass and weapons, headed towards Wuning in a mighty manner. The Xuanwu Prefectures and counties along the way received Zhu Chi's orders to provide food and grass for the army.
At that time, the news had already reached the city of Xuzhou.
Pang Xun, Wuning Jie Town, is receiving an extremely important guest, Dai Yue from Gunhai Jie Town.
Dai Chao is the town of Gunhai and is also the eldest son of Taishan, the Grand Prince Zhu Youyu. Dai Yue, as the chief minister, is in charge of internal affairs. Dai Chao is now in Chang'an and is fighting with Jingxiang for who is the first person under the emperor. Dai Yue looks at his hometown as the replacement of Gunhai Queen.
Now in Chang'an, Dai Chaozheng has gained the upper hand step by step, while Jing Xiang is forced to retreat step by step. The reason is very simple. Zhu Wen is addicted to the gentle village and ignores political affairs. Dai Chao is naturally overwhelmed Jing Xiang because of the relationship between His Highness. Most of the civil and military officials in the court are bullish and not bearish. Moreover, these well-informed officials have also seen many things that should be strictly kept secret through their own different channels. For example, some medical cases of Emperor Zhu Wen, which made their mentality of overlying towards Dai Chao become more and more serious.
However, Jing Xiang is certainly not easy to mess with. As the minister whom Emperor Zhu Wen trusted the most, he controlled at least half of the military power of the imperial guards in Chang'an, and almost all of the entire Daliang's intelligence system was under Jing Xiang's hands. So it seemed that Jing Xiang retreated step by step, but in fact, he still held the last position.
In Chang'an today, Dai Chao is preparing to give Jing Xiang the most fatal blow, which is to deprive Jing Xiang of his military power in Chang'an. The method he took was to persuade the emperor to transfer His Highness Zhu Youyu back to Chang'an.
As long as Zhu Youyu returns to Chang'an, there is almost no doubt that he will take charge of the Chang'an Imperial Guard as his Highness. At this point, Jing Xiang has almost no other way to protect himself except to retreat to save his life.
No matter how you look at the form of Chang'an, Zhu Youyu and his team have the absolute advantage.
So when Pang Xun heard that Zhu Youzhen led the army to attack Wuning, and had already taken Guide with lightning speed and the troops were approaching Xuzhou City, he almost thought he had heard it wrong.
Chapter completed!