Daming prepares the emperor

To Zhang Ziming's surprise, Bai Xiyao actually offered to go on the road with him.

A man and a demon supported each other and left the cemetery.

Zhang Ziming wanted to rush back to Hongdu wholeheartedly, but he ignored his physical condition. If he continued like this, he would die directly sooner or later, let alone see his comrades with news.

Walking with the old man, this soldier who has always respected the old and loved the young has scruples. He knows that this is a monster. Even if he looks like an old man, he will not be as weak as the old man. Can't really tell them apart.

The water Zhang Ziming fetched and the cooked rice would make Bai Xiyao take the first bite, and when he slept during the day, he would even cover him with his robe as a quilt.In this way, there was a delay in time, but after such a delay, his body that was about to collapse gradually recovered.

When Zhang Ziming didn't know, when he was fetching water, gathering firewood, and sleeping, Bai Xiyao sat aside, propped his hand with a cane, and looked at him benevolently and tenderly.

After they rested enough and set off on the road, even though Zhang Ziming was supporting Bai Xiyao, Bai Xiyao would secretly transfer most of Zhang Ziming's weight to his side, and at the same time quietly increase the speed.

With good condition and the help of the old man, Zhang Ziming arrived in Hongdu even faster than expected.

For example, the journey originally took ten days, but Zhang Ziming has already hurriedly walked for three days in one day, but according to his way of walking, he would get tired and sick after walking the rest of the way. Xiyao was "a burden" and his helper, and in less than six days now, they could vaguely see the Three Rivers and Five Lakes.

The terrain ahead is varied, there is a mountain in front of it, and the road looks rough, but the color of the river and lake is really reflected in the eyes, Hongdu is there, invisible, but very close.

It happened to be noon at this time, the sun shone from the top of the head, separated into bundles through the leaves, and fell on the ground one after another. The sun was so poisonous that it made people dizzy and sweaty.

Zhang Ziming held Bai Xiyao's arm and led him into the shadows.

"Grandpa, let's go here?" Zhang Ziming bent over to support him, let him sit against the tree, looked back at the black smoke burning in the distance, and said worriedly, "The battle is still going on, there are soldiers everywhere, very dangerous."

As he talked, he made up his mind: "You wait for me here. If you win the battle, I will come back to pick you up. Otherwise, grandpa, you can go to heaven by yourself."

Bai Xiyao is a monster, and it was spurred out of resentment. In addition, he stayed in the cemetery for a long time. In such a hot weather, it was still cool and cool around him. Seeing that Zhang Ziming's hair was wet with sweat, he put the He pulled himself to sit down.

Zhang Ziming didn't notice his intentions at all, sat down according to the movement, and continued: "If this battle is lost, the Marshal will definitely have a hard time in the future, but it is difficult, but there is hope! Which dynasty will be easy to establish? We just want to find the easy way out of the difficult and leave it to future generations!"

He stared into the old man's eyes and said seriously: "Grandpa, there is a demon town in Yingtian Mansion, you will be able to do great things when you go to the demon town - although the name of that place is town demon, but the town is full of bad monsters , a good monster like you will be fine."

Bai Xiyao listened to his long-winded talk, and just nodded without answering anything. When he stopped, he took out the water bottle attached to his waist and motioned him to take a sip.

His arm has not changed, it is still like a hemp rope, made of several thin straws, but Zhang Ziming is no longer afraid of this, and took a few gulps of water.

After seeing him finish drinking, the defeated demon said: "I will go with you, more guarantees."

Zhang Ziming was shocked: "How can we go together? It's a chaotic place now, not to mention people, dogs can play their brains, and my goal will be smaller by myself."

"What's more." He continued, "I heard from the Taoists at the Monster Town Office that monsters can't meddle in personnel affairs at will, and they will suffer backlash. I have a heavy responsibility now, and it's okay to say that I am far away from Hongdu, so close , Qi machine traction, grandpa, if you help me again, or help me escape death, it will be struck by lightning!"

Unexpectedly, he knew so much about this kind of thing, Bai Xiyao looked at Zhang Ziming in surprise, swallowed back the foolish words he was about to say, and said instead: "Don't be afraid, I have a measure."

Zhang Ziming asked anxiously: "How can sense be used in such matters? How much sense can there be?"

He felt that he had had enough rest, so he stood up suddenly, and walked away: "Stop talking, Grandpa, you can rest here, I'm on my way!"

On the one hand, this was done for the sake of Hongdu, and on the other hand, it also meant to leave Bai Xiyao as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ziming was stopped by a voice before he had gone a few steps.

Bai Xiyao shouted in his old and vicissitudes voice: "You can't make it through alone!"

Zhang Ziming stopped involuntarily, and his heart began to beat. Why didn't he want to get the old man's help, but after all, it hurt others, and what obligation did he have to help?

Coming here is already a friendship, is it necessary to implicate Grandpa for the sake of Hongdu?

Thinking of this, Zhang Ziming quickly lifted his legs from the ground again, but as soon as he moved, his arm was pulled by Bai Xiyao.

In the final analysis, although he has great perseverance, good character, and loyalty, he is by no means as ruthless as a man who achieves great things, he is just an ordinary person.

But it was because of this that Zhang Ziming was unexpectedly favored by Bai Xiyao.If he sees the first side of the defeated demon, he will use his brains to make use of it. It is not known whether he can get out of the cemetery.

The old man came over in just a blink of an eye, and as usual, like a few days ago, he put Zhang Ziming's hand on his grass arm, motioned for him to support him, and did not give him a chance to refuse, and said with a smile: "Let's go! Let's go! You brought the old man here, can you still leave it behind?"

As soon as the word "old" was used to emphasize age, Zhang Ziming had no choice but to grit his teeth and lead him forward.

At this time, outside Hongdu City, Chen Youliang was preparing to launch the last general attack.

If he can't conquer Hongdu again, he will doubt his IQ. With such a brain, what kind of emperor is he? Go home and go fishing.

He's in the master tent now.The main tent is spacious, with a large table, a bed, and some scattered other utensils. A map is hung on the side, and there is another smaller table with seven or eight chairs.

These days, most of the plans to attack Hongdu were formulated here.As a result, there is a fart!No matter how you fight, you can't beat it!

Through the raised curtain, Chen Youliang looked at the sky outside, at his countless masts and large ships that almost covered the river, and at his countless soldiers, and suddenly felt that his guess was right.

There must be something wrong with my brain!

There was a sudden sound of footsteps at the door, as if someone was coming.

The person who came was Chen Shan.

After Chen Youliang saw who was coming, his expression relaxed a little, and he said, "Prince, you are here."

Chen Shan knelt down and kowtowed: "Greetings to my father."

"Get up, you, um, you bring me the map."

Chen Youliang is older than Comrade Zhu, and he married a wife and had children earlier. Chen Shan is his eldest son. He is in his early twenties. He looks like his mother, with a slightly round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a medium build, because the siege has not yet begun. For the reason, instead of wearing armor, he was wearing a dark blue brocade robe.

Hearing his father's words, he quickly obeyed, trotted over to take down the map, and spread it out on the big table.

"What are you doing here?"

Chen Shan bowed his head and said: "It's nothing, my son just heard that the father hasn't eaten for a long time, so I came here to give the father some food."

His martial arts and literary talents are mediocre, he has a low self-esteem, and because Chen Youliang is self-willed and suspicious, he has no direct subordinates, and he is unavoidably timid and cowardly.

Seeing him like this, Chen Youliang was angry and helpless, because of his son's concern, it was not easy to get angry, and he had mixed feelings for a while, and didn't know what to say, so he had to order the people outside to bring in the meal prepared by the prince.

"Have you met the Grand Master?" Chen Youliang asked.

Chen Shan took the tray from the entourage at the door, and said in a low voice: "Not yet, the Grand Master stays in the room and doesn't see anyone."

Chen Youliang snorted coldly: "Pretentious. Don't want to see people? Then don't let him see anyone! Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, there is no need to bring him food!"

The Grand Master was referring to Zou Pusheng. Chen Youliang brought him along this time when the army came under attack. First, he was afraid that he would make some small moves in Wuchang City and endanger the rear. Second, he wanted to let him see the "world".

Chen Youliang believed that as long as Zou Pusheng saw his victory with his own eyes, he would change his mind and contribute to the Chen Han regime.Then Xu Shouhui is just a common man, he has no abilities, how can he compare to himself?Grind it again, don't worry about him not compromising!

It really doesn't work, this is a battlefield... If you kill someone with a single knife, you might expect those old ministers to have nothing to say when you go back.

Chen Youliang smiled, and Chen Shan saw the cruel arc on his face, which made his hands tremble in fright, almost spilling the soup on his hands.

"What about your brother?"

"He's with General Zhang."

Chen Youliang also has a second son, Chen Li, who is also in the army now. He is active and bold in his teens. He is very interested in marching and always running around in the tents of the generals.

Compared with Chen Shan, his personality was more in line with Chen Youliang's expectations, but this also exacerbated Chen Shan's lack of self-confidence. When his father asked his younger brother, his head lowered a little.

"Tell him not to make trouble, the siege is almost here..."

At this moment, someone announced outside the door that the team patrolling the city had discovered a spy.

Chen Youliang frowned and walked out the door, and asked the orderly kneeling on the ground, "What spy? Which general's subordinate?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is Zhu Thief's soldier, not ours!"

They have been attacking the city for a long time. Although the casualties in Hongdu are also heavy, many soldiers actually want to retreat and secretly want to escape or join the enemy. At first hearing the news, Chen Youliang thought it was his side Something happened to someone.

"Zhu Yuanzhang's people? What kind of spies? Did they come to surrender?"

The person on the ground replied: "It's a messenger, and there is a document with a seal in his arms. The villain dare not read it, so I will present it to Your Majesty."

He sent Zhu Yuanzhang's documents to Chen Youliang for viewing.Chen Youliang read the letter without saying a word, his face darkened, and he gradually clenched his fists, squeezing the paper in his hand into a ball.

Chen Shan was standing behind Chen Youliang. At this moment, he wanted to know what was written on the paper, so he raised his head quietly. Seeing his father's face, he immediately lowered his head back.

"Lock him up first, and I'll see you later." Chen Youliang took a deep breath, and waved his hand to signal the messenger to go down, "Watch closely, don't let him run away, he's a cunning one."

"Yes!" The soldier led the order down.

Seeing the person walking away, Chen Youliang turned around, patted the things in his hand to Chen Shan, and said calmly, "Look for yourself."

Chen Shan quickly opened the letter paper, smoothed the folds and took a closer look. After a while, he took a deep breath: "Father, this..."

"Time must move forward! We can't wait any longer, Hong Du, I must take it down!"

When such a thing happened, Chen Youliang lost his appetite for dinner, waved his sleeves, strode away, and did not return to the main tent, not knowing where he was going.

Chen Shan was the only one left in the open space in front of the tent, holding the paper that seemed to have weighed a thousand catties in an instant, trembling his lips, not knowing what to do.

After a long time, he found a candle, put the paper lightly over the flame, and burned it to ashes.

"go in!"

With a splash, Zhang Ziming was thrown into a dark room.