Min Ruoying set off to return to the capital, he left Luo Hu and 5,000 Fire Phoenix Army in Yuquan, Luo Hu's task was to hold Yuquan City, and organize a border army of 20,000 people here. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Cheng Wuben did not come to Yuquan, the reason given was because of the continuous battle, he was unwell, and after returning to Jinghu, he was exhausted and sick in bed because of the construction of the second line of defense, and he really couldn't come to Yuquan to see the emperor.

Such a reason is perfunctory. Neither the person who uttered the reason, nor the person who accepted it, took it seriously. After receiving the report, Min Ruoying sneered a few times, and after arranging the defense of Yuquan, she took Luo Liang and more than 30,000 Fire Phoenix troops back to Shangjing City.

Her sister is still in Beijing, and Min Ruoying believes that after returning to Beijing, there will be a war between herself and her sister that will not see the smoke of gunpowder.

The matter of dealing with Cheng Wuben is not something that can be completed in a short period of time.

Now Min Ruoying believes that Cheng Wuben is indeed colluding with the Ming Kingdom, or that he has been bought by Qin Feng when he served Qin Feng in the Ming Kingdom, otherwise, this time my sister returned from the Ming Dynasty, why did she do everything for Cheng Wuben.

Since he landed in Quanzhou, he raised money and food for Cheng Wuben, forced Ning Zhiwen to enter Jinghu with a fleet, joined Cheng Wuben's command, entered Shangjing, and deceived the Queen Mother to issue an order, so that the command of the national armed forces was concentrated in Cheng Wuben's hands, and a large number of materials and personnel flowed towards Jinghu endlessly. They even went into battle shirtless, and even Jiang Shangyan sent back to act as Cheng Wuben's thugs.

When the envoy to Jinghu came back, he brought Min Ruoying the latest news that Jiang Shangyan had entered Jinghu County with 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Who is Jiang Shangyan? Although he used to be a Chu general, he has been to Chu for more than five years, and in Ming, he is a general with heavy troops, and when Da Chu recalled Cheng Wuben and others, he did not return, but now he has run back, what is the purpose? Min Ruoying just sneered.

Mingguo is simply playing with him as a fool.

Ride a donkey and read the record book, and we'll see! I'm not dead, I'm back, even if you're now in a lot of strength, but what are you? The power is given to you by the imperial court, and the imperial court naturally has the ability to take it back little by little. Since you want to stay in Jinghu, then it's okay, let you block the Qi country for me first, and wait for me to stabilize the domestic form, and then clean you up when I come back.

And when Min Ruoying set off to return to Beijing, in Jinghu, Cheng Wuben also saw the dusty Jiang Shangyan.

"You shouldn't have come back." Cheng Wuben looked at Jiang Shangyan and shook his head with a wry smile.

Jiang Shangyan stood straight in front of Cheng Wuben, "The country is in trouble, and Shangyan has a reason not to come back to go to the national crisis." ”

"You want to go to the national disaster together, but I'm afraid that others will think you have ulterior motives!" Cheng Wuben sighed and pointed to the chair in front of him, "Sit down and talk." Shangyan, you may not know it yet, the envoy has just left, and the emperor summoned me to Yuquan to meet me, but I refused. ”

Jiang Shangyan was stunned.

"The emperor doesn't believe me anymore." Cheng Wuben looked at Jiang Shangyan and said lightly: "If I go to Quanzhou, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." ”

Jiang Shangyan was dumbfounded: "Why is this so? ”

"Why not?" Cheng Wuben said: "I withdrew my troops from Wanzhou without authorization, and abandoned the emperor of Luzhou, in the eyes of the emperor, this is betrayal." ”

"But there's nothing wrong with what the big boss did." Jiang Shangyan protested: "Anyone who understands military strategy knows very well that even if Cheng Shuai throws tens of thousands of troops and horses under his command into Luzhou, there will be no return, and he will only give it to the Qi people to eat in vain, and withdraw the army, so as to preserve his strength, hold Jinghu, and open up the second line of defense, otherwise the Qi people will inevitably drive straight in." Without the second line of defense created by Cheng Shuai in Jinghu, even if His Majesty breaks through, I am afraid that he will be chased and killed all the way by the Qi people, and then there is a situation where most of the country can still be held steadily. ”

"Here's your opinion!" Cheng Wuben was silent for a while, "Standing on different positions, there will be different opinions. From the emperor's point of view, I should have led my troops to rescue the driver desperately. ”

Jiang Shangyan opened his mouth and fell silent again.

"But Cheng can't give up the entire Dachu because of one person, I am loyal to Dachu and the Min royal family, but I can't be foolish and loyal to one person." Cheng Wuben suddenly laughed: "Shangyan, maybe you think what I said is very rebellious, but I think so, the Min family is not without a queen, I have been thinking at that time, if the emperor dies in Luzhou, or is captured by the Qi State, Da Chu can set up another emperor, which can still make the Min dynasty continue, and still make Da Chu stand tall." ”

Jiang Shangyan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Cheng Wuben, "The handsome man has not done anything, the people are important, the monarch is light, compared with Jiangshan Sheji, the emperor's personal honor and disgrace is indeed nothing." ”

Cheng Wuben smiled, "So, this is my way of taking death." But it doesn't matter, Princess Zhaohua's blessing, at least for two or three years, I still have no risk of killing. With these times, it is enough for me to take Jinghu Lake as the center and find another iron wall of Chu State, and even if I die, there will be nothing to regret at that time. This time, the emperor rashly attacked, and he had already suffered a big loss, presumably to eat a trench, grow a wisdom, and no longer shout at every turn to dominate the world, and destroy this dynasty, as long as Da Chu does not act rashly and guards half of the country, it is still not a big problem. ”

"Who dares to be unfavorable to Cheng Shuai, Jiang Shangyan and him go in with a white knife, and come out with a red knife!" Jiang Shangyan is murderous. "As long as Cheng Shuai creates another iron wall of the Chu State and has a strong division again, how dare the emperor kill you?"

Cheng Wuben smiled, but did not answer Jiang Shangyan's question.

"Cheng Shuai, don't you think it's a little strange that Your Majesty can break through this time?" Jiang Shangyan said suddenly, "The path chosen by the emperor can be described as nine deaths, but he has no loss at all, and he has come back with all his beards and tails, which is incredible." ”

"There is nothing inconceivable, the emperor was able to come back unharmed because Cao Yun, the commander of the Qi State, deliberately let him back." Cheng Wuben is noncommittal.

"Deliberately put it back? Didn't Cao Yun know how much credit it was to annihilate the Fire Phoenix Army and kill the Emperor of Chu? Is it a good thing to align the country? Jiang Shangyan asked in shock.

"What else does Cao Yun need?" Cheng Wuben smiled and said: "When I withdrew to Jinghu, he keenly discovered that there would definitely be problems between me and the emperor, and then the emperor chose to break through Phoenix Mountain instead of taking the Wanzhou line, which made him confirm that the emperor would never trust me again." Therefore, he chose to let the emperor come back, just to borrow the emperor's hand and kill me. His aim was to destroy the Jinghu defense line. ”

"It's a pity that it didn't go as he wanted. If I thank him, I will let Dachu keep tens of thousands of Fire Phoenix Army. Jiang Shangyan laughed out loud: "This is called stealing chickens without eating rice." ”

"You are wrong, if it weren't for Princess Zhaohua, the emperor would indeed have the ability to kill me." Cheng Wuben sighed, "Princess Zhaohua seized this time difference, first got me enough money and food from Quanzhou, so that I could stabilize the army under my command, and then let Ning Zhiwen lead the fleet from Quanzhou to Jinghu to help in the war, I have tens of thousands of soldiers in my hands, and I have a sailor to help, the emperor wants to use the fire phoenix army in his hand to deal with me, so I am not sure, especially when the queen mother came forward and set the national military commander to me, in a short period of time, let my strength be greatly increased, you look at you, if it is not for Princess Zhaohua to return to the country, Is it possible for you to bring an army of thousands to Jinghu? ”

"The queen mother is indeed extremely wise, when I set off, she also told me that Daming will provide me with a batch of the most advanced weapons free of charge, as a reward for my many years of service in Daming." Jiang Shangyan said gratefully: "Cheng Shuai, you have been away from Daming for a few years, I really don't know that the weapons and equipment of the Ming army are really changing with each passing day, I brought a few repeating crossbows, and I will go back to practice for you to see, as long as we can get those weapons of Daming, why are we afraid of Qi people?" ”

Cheng Wuben looked at Jiang Shangyan deeply, only to see that Jiang Shangyan was a little inexplicable, "Cheng Shuai, did I say something wrong?" ”

Cheng Wuben shook his head with a smile, and pondered for a moment before he said: "Compared to the threat of Qi to Great Chu, I am actually more worried about Ming Guo's threat to Great Chu. ”

"Is it possible?" Jiang Shangyan was taken aback.

"What kind of person Qin Feng is, no one knows better than me." Cheng Wuben said, "This is a person with the same ambition as Emperor Cao Tiancheng and our majesty, the same, they all want to dominate the world, but compared to our emperor, Qin Feng is much more clever, even if it is Princess Zhaohua, she is also full of wisdom." ”

He sighed, "If Princess Zhaohua is the emperor of my Great Chu, then it will really be the blessing of my Great Chu!" Compared with his brother, Princess Zhaohua has won too much in terms of scheming and wrists. ”

"Niang Niang is a wonderful person." Jiang Shangyan snorted.

"I didn't say he was bad." Cheng Wuben laughed: "Jiang Shangyan, if one day, Daming waves his troops, what choice do you make, do you raise troops to fight Daming to the end, or choose to surrender to them?" ”

"I'm ......" Jiang Shangyan opened his mouth, but said nothing.

"Okay, I won't embarrass you, when that day comes, it makes sense for you to choose." Cheng Wuben sighed. "At the end of the day, as long as we tighten the fence, the threat from the outside will naturally be smaller."

"There won't be a day like this." Jiang Shangyan muttered.

Cheng Wuben laughed: "Okay, let's not talk about this, since you are here, then we have to cheer up and manage this Jinghu defense line well, Shangyan, we are not limited to defense, but at the same time as defense, we continue to attack everywhere, Qi people occupy the six eastern counties, but it is not so easy to digest." ”

"The last general will obey the order of the commander, although he will die without regret." Jiang Shangyan said firmly.