Bright Spring

Hou Hai hurriedly picked up the inkstone and filled it with water and came in.

"Shushasha..." Hou Hai whispered while rubbing the ink, "Won't your lord think of a way?"

Zhu Yueyao pondered for a moment, and quickly said with a dazed expression, "As soon as you meet me in Huayang, I'll know what you mean. But I think it's okay to wait. Look at Shizi, he looks like a long-lived person? "

Hou Hai said calmly and softly: "Isn't the son of a prince having a son named Zhu Youyu?"

Zhu Yueyao froze for a moment, but didn't say anything.

Hou Hai continued to whisper: "At that time, Emperor Taizu Xi Yiwen Prince (at the beginning of Yongle, Zhu Biao's posthumous name "Emperor Xiaokang" was changed to Prince Yiwen), and Prince Yiwen died, and Taizu did not say that he would pass the throne to Emperor Taizong Miles. When the late Emperor Taizong was alive, he also liked the emperor's grandson very much..."

Zhu Yueyao's face turned green and pale, he didn't refute Hou Hai, because he knew in his heart: what Hou Hai said was the truth.

Hou Hai said again: "Your cousin King Han, although he has never masked his face with you, he feels the same for what happened to you!"

"Does the King of Han feel this way?" Zhu Yueyao asked hurriedly.

Hou Hai immediately said with a serious face: "Of course. In the past, the King of Han made many contributions in the South and North Wars, and the treatment he received was the same as that of you, my lord. Whenever the King of Han mentions King Huayang, he is full of heart for you. unfair."

Zhu Yueyao sighed: "Everyone in the world knows that the prince of Shu treats people kindly, but they don't know how hypocritical they are! Finally someone understands the inside story, alas!"

Hou Hai immediately bowed his head and went over, "As long as the prince votes for the King of Han now, the King of Han will guarantee you to be the heir of the King of Shu! Time must not be lost and never come again. You have to think about it. If you lose the King of Han's full support at this time, who will be there in the future?" Say one more word for you?"

Zhu Yueyao threw the dry pen on the paper, stood up, and put his hands behind his back.

Hou Hai didn't say a word, and continued to polish the ink with his head buried in the rustle, raising his head to look at King Huayang from time to time.

After a long time, Zhu Yueyao turned around and asked in a low voice, "The King of Han really thinks I'm wronged?"

Hou Hai nodded vigorously without hesitation: "If there is something wrong with the son of the king of Shu, but the king of Shu refuses to let you be the son, is there anything more wronged in the world than this? The prince will think about it, and the king of Shu will ask you to do it for you." Prince?"

"If the King of Han becomes the emperor in the future, I will have made great contributions to the court... Even if I am a bastard, is it reasonable to be the son of the King of Shu?" Zhu Yueyao asked nervously.

"Of course, of course!" Hou Hai suppressed his excitement, his face was a little red, and the mark of the whip seemed to have faded, "Think about Master Lingtang again. A mother is more valuable than a son. Will you be subdued?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yueyao's eyes immediately became moist. He choked up and said, "Mother has always been bullied and belittled all her life. It's really hard..."

Hou Hai stared at his eyes, as if he had discovered a large pile of gold by accident, his eyes were shining brightly!He quickly wiped his eyes, but still couldn't shed tears, "Xiaguan suddenly thought of his own mother, who had suffered all her life, and when her son became an official, she... Every time Xiaguan thinks of this, she always The heart is like a knife. One must not miss this opportunity in one lifetime!"

Zhu Yueyao gritted her teeth and asked in a deep voice, "What should I do?"

A look of joy flashed across Hou Hai's face, and he immediately bowed his head and began to speak quietly.

"Wanquan?" Zhu Yueyao stared.

"Hush!" Hou Hai hurriedly pressed his index finger to his lips.

Chapter 4 and Two

When Wan Quan was mentioned, Zhu Yueyao immediately felt a dull pain in his buttocks and thighs.Because of the incident the year before last, he suffered a lot!

The concubine, wife and his brothers came to the king of Shu and pretended to beg for mercy;So Zhu Yueyao was beaten out, a very familiar person.

Hou Hai asked seriously: "Does the lord trust Xiong Duofen?"

Zhu Yueyao thought about it for a while, then nodded immediately and said: "Xiong Duofen is very loyal to me. His wife is not Wan Quan's niece, she is separated by several layers of relationships; except for me who values ​​him, no one cares about him. Although the incident the year before last It didn’t work out, Xiong Duofen didn’t become a thousand households, but he knows that I suffered such a big crime in order to promote him, so he must be thinking of me in his heart.”

Hou Haidao: "My lord first invites Xiong Duofen to join the gang, and then asks Xiong Duofen to go to Wan Quan to test his reputation. This is more appropriate."

Zhu Yueyao nodded.He suddenly said again: "I am helping the King of Han with my wealth and life! After the matter is completed, the King of Han will really let me be the heir of the Prince of Shu?"

Hou Hai said in a deep voice very happily: "Don't talk about being the prince, if you want to become the king of Shu immediately, our prince will have a solution! By then, the entire city of Chengdu will be under the control of the Han king's army, and what the Han king will do is not a word." matter?"

Zhu Yueyao's face twisted a bit, and he said: "It's better to be the son of the prince first, the King of Shu is also my father."

Hou Hai couldn't wait to say: "You have done a great service, you can talk about anything. Now the King of Shu has sent the guards to Guo Zi to defend the city. It seems that we are not on the same mind with our prince! Once the Han King's army enters the city, he must be controlled. Then you will take charge of the Shu Palace on your behalf as the son of the eldest son. What do you want to do?"

Zhu Yueyao's face was very red, her eyes were also red, and her cheeks twitched twice due to extreme excitement.

He nodded vigorously and said decisively: "Just do it!"

... Except for the west side of Chengdu City, camps are being built on three sides at the same time.The soldiers working outside worked in full swing.

Zhu Gaoxu selected the captives one after another. Except for a small number of military households whose family members were in Chengdu, each of them was given a piece of filial piety cloth, and transformed into a soldier of the King of Han.So up to now, Zhu Gaoxu has about 13 soldiers.

More than [-] troops were divided into three camps, and camps were built in various places.Ditches, rammed breast walls, bamboo and wood fences, and at the gates of the camps, there are also arrow towers made of wood and hard bamboo as outposts.

The city is surrounded by fertile plains, and there are many residents in the city walls attached to the city, and several large camps have included some villages; Zhu Gaoxu issued a notice that after the war, the villagers who had their houses and land expropriated would be compensated.

The city of Chengdu is too big, even though Zhu Gaoxu has 10,000+ troops, it would be very difficult to go straight around the city and repair the siege fortifications, so he only built three camps... You must first build the fortifications when attacking the city, otherwise the defenders will most likely be counterattacked!This is the experience Zhu Gaoxu learned from Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin.

And there is a land in the west of the city, which is where tens of thousands of Mu Sheng troops are stationed.Mu Shengjun walked very slowly. Zhu Gaoxu first arrived at Chengdu Mansion and fought a big battle in Taiping Field for a few days, but Mu Sheng hadn't arrived yet...

The battle of Taipingchang defeated the main force of the Sichuan government army. At this time, the morale of the Hanwang army was high, and the camp was very lively.The soldiers yelled or sang loudly while working, and the atmosphere was very energetic.

Zhu Gaoxu was worried in his heart.

Although after the arrival of Mu Sheng's army, the King of Han's army plus those captives who have not yet been reorganized, the total force will reach nearly 20!But if you want to storm the big city, it is still a bit troublesome.

There is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, and the King of Han's army will definitely be able to capture Chengdu; but the question remains the same, when will it be captured?

At this time in Chengdu Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu had already grasped a huge local advantage.But looking at the overall situation, Gu Cheng and Zhang Fu in the south have 20 soldiers; in the east of Sichuan, the imperial court must be preparing for war, and the scale may reach tens of thousands of people!The situation of the King of Han's army is not optimistic.

"Drive!" Zhu Gaoxu rushed out of the camp gate on horseback, and a group of iron cavalry came out in a file.

A group of cavalry galloped forward for two or three hundred steps, then turned around and advanced parallel to the city wall.

Zhu Gaoxu rode his horse and galloped, but his eyes didn't look at the road, he kept staring at the distant city.About a mile away, the city wall could be seen; all kinds of artillery were vaguely erected on the city wall, and there must be Hongwu cannons that fired the farthest, but they couldn't see clearly here.

At this very moment, the ruling power of a big city, and even the entire territory of Sichuan's chief envoy, is actually between the thoughts of two little-known people!

That Huayang County King, Zhu Gaoxu's cousin, who has never met, is probably just a playboy who eats, drinks and has fun from some rumors.When Wan Quan was in An Nanguo, Zhu Gaoxu only knew him and didn't value him much.

But Zhu Gaoxu still decided to bet his treasure on these two people, on chance!

"If there is no chance in this world, there will be no war | war." Zhu Gaoxu's mount gradually slowed down, he turned his head to look at Liu Ying and the others, and suddenly said, "Otherwise, as long as you set up your chariots and cannons, everyone You can get the result after some calculation, victory or defeat is determined, why bother to shed blood?"

Chapter 4 Chapter Three

In the camp of the King of Han, "creak creak..." the boring and repetitive noise of sawing wood kept ringing.The sergeant carrying the wood also yelled "Hey Yo" very neatly and rhythmically.People are logging and transporting wood, building return guns and ladders, and there is a busy scene on all sides.

The general of the guard, who knew the inside story of the army, once persuaded Zhu Gaoxu, suggesting that there is no need to manufacture ordnance.But Zhu Gaoxu replied: If we surround the city but don't build siege tools, it is tantamount to telling Guo Zi that we are determined to win the city by relying on internal forces!

Before Mu Sheng's army reached the west of the city, Zhu Gaoxu's troops had surrounded Chengdu on all sides.He mobilized his troops up every day to attack the city walls with long-range weapons such as bows, crossbows, copper fire blunderbusses, and bowl-mouth blunderbusses.

Closer to the city wall, he said, "What Hou Hai promised you is what this king means, and he must fulfill it!"

... In the lobby of the Sichuan Chief Envoy's Yamen, Guo Zi, dressed in a red official uniform, sat on the public seat in a stable manner, with imperial edicts and seals in front of him.The civil and military officials in the lobby have dispersed one after another, and the huge government office and big room look empty and desolate.