Zhu Nao

As soon as the messenger's words came out, all eyes in the hall turned to Xie Wuji.

Xie Wuji was only stunned for a moment, and soon calmed down.No one expected that without any consideration or hesitation, he refused indifferently: "Thanks to the love of the Marquis of Qingyang, Xie is very grateful. It's just that the mountains and rivers are broken now, and the war has been in trouble for many years. Xie is a man of the army. Life and death are unpredictable. Xie doesn't want to drag others down, and has no plans to start a family."

After saying this, Qing Yang's envoy's expression was naturally not very good-looking, even Xie Wuji's cronies in the hall were very anxious, although they dared not speak out, they couldn't help but wink at Xie Wuji.

One must know that the matter of getting married or not can be discussed slowly, but now they need the strength of Qing Yanghou.Xie Wuji refused so simply, if he offended Marquis Qingyang, the alliance would be impossible!

Fortunately, the emissary was not so easily offended, and seemed to be very enthusiastic about the marriage.He was only embarrassed for a moment, and then continued to lobby: "A man should start a family and start a business. General Xie is now well-known outside, and he is on the battlefield. If he has a good wife to take care of the family, he will be able to take care of the family. Why not do it? Besides, thank you The general is wise and martial, and has long been known as a victorious general, so how can he say that he is precarious?"

Before Xie Wuji could say anything, the emissary said again: "Today, the son died tragically at the hands of thieves, and the Zhu family is not stable. If General Xie looks down on Qingyanghou's family because of this...that is a villain's overreach."

When the envoy said this, he immediately withstood Xie Wuji's words.If Xie Wuji refuses again, it can only be confirmed that he despises the name of Marquis of Qingyang.

The envoy paused for a moment, and then said: "I heard that General Xie made an oath with Zhu Fu Yin of Chengdu Mansion, and that Zhu Fu Yin and Qingyang Hou are also related by flesh and blood. If this good marriage can come true, presumably Zhu Fu Yin also I will be happy to see it come to fruition. General Xie can also get closer to Zhu Fuyin because of this!"

He suddenly lifted Zhu Nao out, Xie Wuji was slightly startled, and the other people in the hall were also startled, and immediately smelled something different.

No wonder.No wonder the envoys of the Marquis of Qingyang are so keen on this marriage, it turned out that they not only came here for Xie Wuji and the Yanzhou Army, but Marquis of Qingyang wanted to kill two birds with one stone, and wanted to take advantage of this marriage to win over Zhu Nao!

It should be known that Qingyang is located in the northwest border of Middle-earth, and further north is the Dingnan frontier.Although the Marquis of Qingyang is a relative of the emperor, regardless of wealth, territory or influence, he is just a small prince, and he is not ranked well in the middle land.Now that the country is in trouble, it gives him a chance to make a difference.

Even though Xie Wuji is in a disadvantageous situation right now, if Marquis Qingyang can climb up to Xie Wuji's relatives, he can expand his power to the southeast with the help of the Yanzhou Army's east wind.What moved Qingyanghou even more was the alliance between Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao.

Two or three years ago, in the eyes of the Marquis of Qingyang or any real relatives of the emperor, Zhu Nao was just a daring fool.But now the feng shui is turning, Zhu Nao has been sitting in Bashu, and his tentacles have extended to Guanzhong and Liangzhou. He is already one of the most powerful princes in this troubled world.Now it's not that Zhu Nao wants to cling to the royal relatives, but the royal relatives want to cling to Jun Nao instead!

Now that the Zhu family is unstable, all the princes point to the fact that there will be another master of the ZTE family in the Zhu family. It doesn't matter what his origin is, and he has nothing to do with it, as long as his surname is Zhu.Only such people can keep their princely honor.Therefore, if Qingyang Hou can take advantage of his relationship with Xie Wuji to board the boat of Zhu Nao, that would be great!

Of course, from Qingyanghou's point of view, if this marriage can come true, it will not only be good for Xie Wuji, but also good for Zhu Nao.After all, the name of Zhu Nao's royal family has been criticized by others. If the Marquis of Qingyang is willing to come forward to confirm his identity, Zhu Nao will be more justified in the future.This marriage is really what everyone needs.Because of this, the envoy said that Zhufu Yin would be happy to see the success of this, and also reminded Xie Wuji to think more about the stakes, even if it was for Zhu Nao, it would be better not to refuse lightly.

Xie Wuji frowned slightly, but remained silent.

The cronies around in the hall couldn't sit still, and continued to wink at Xie Wuji frequently.Finally, a close aide bravely said: "General, it's getting late now. The honored guest from Qingyang has been working hard on the road, so you might as well let the honored guest go to rest first."

Xie Wuji glanced at the man and nodded his approval.

The envoy also knew that Xie Wuji must discuss this matter with his cronies and staff before he could make a decision. As long as Xie Wuji didn't simply refuse, there was room for discussion on this matter.So he hurriedly bowed to Xie Wuji, turned around and left.

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At dusk, the cronies and staff under Xie Wuji's tent gathered in the house to discuss countermeasures.

"General, the most urgent thing right now is to send troops from Qingyang to help!" said an aide, "Even if the general has no interest in this marriage, there is no need to refuse it in a hurry. You might as well talk to them and use the excuse of delaying the marriage, but let them send troops to help first As long as it can be delayed until the arrival of reinforcements, we can discuss whether the marriage is successful or not!"

This is Xie Wuji's marriage, and none of the people would dare to overstep their authority and make decisions for Xie Wuji.Just now in class, they deliberately obstructed, but they just didn't want Xie Wuji to refuse too simply.

Although this staff member's idea is not kind, but extraordinary things should be done at extraordinary times.In short, let Qingyanghou's troops come to help first, and the marriage can be postponed!

However, some people objected to this idea: "It's a good idea, but the Marquis of Qingyang is so cunning and treacherous. I'm afraid the marriage will fail, and they may not be willing to send troops ahead of time!"

The proposed staff stared, not knowing how to refute.

Some people thought that Xie Wuji's refusal of this marriage was because he looked down on Qingyanghou, his in-laws. After all, Qingyanghou was just a small marquis, and he didn't have much money for soldiers, horses and land.So the man said: "The Marquis of Qingyang wants to marry his daughter to the general, which is too ambitious. You might as well let the Marquis of Qingyang produce a concubine, and the general will take her as a concubine."

There is also a humane: "The general may recognize an adopted son and make the adopted son marry the daughter of the Queen of Qingyang..."

The people who came up with these ideas all thought that as the Marquis of Qingyang, he was not worthy to be Xie Wuji's father-in-law.Marriage is all about taking what they need and exchanging interests.Anyway, Qing Yanghou's purpose is very clear, he just wants to take the opportunity to get in touch with Xie Wuji, perhaps the more important purpose is to cling to Zhu Nao.The other party may not be unwilling to marry a wife and become a concubine.That is to say, Xie Wuji has no biological flesh and blood, and the relationship with Jiangnan Xie's family is also not compatible, otherwise it will have the same effect if one of the relatives is randomly selected to marry.

It's just that they thought very well, so I don't know if the Marquis of Qingyang will agree or not.If Marquis Qingyang had great ambitions and high self-esteem, and Xie Wuji would not want his son-in-law, then this road would not work.

Everyone offered their advice one after the other, but Xie Wuji remained silent and never made a statement.

It wasn't until it was dark outside that Xie Wuji said calmly: "I need to think twice about this matter. You all go to rest."

Everyone had to leave.

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Shizhou.

A banquet is being held in the hall of the official mansion. The young maids are pouring delicious food and wine into the hall.

After the Changsha army captured Shizhou, they specially chose to hold a celebration banquet in the government to celebrate their victory and capture of Shizhou.

There were several military officers sitting on both sides of the hall, and there were two people sitting side by side in the first seat, one was Huang Dongxuan, and the other was Wang Zhan, another favorite general of the governor of Changsha.

Wang Zhan had already drunk his face slightly drunk, leaned crookedly to Huang Dongxuan's side, and said triumphantly: "Brother Huang, what did I say earlier? What kind of wolf in the desert is completely vulnerable. Look at me Was the battle beautiful or not?"

With impatience written all over his face, Huang Dongxuan took a sip of his wine and said perfunctorily, "Beautiful, beautiful."

For the invasion of Shu Mansion, the Governor of Changsha sent two generals to lead the army to fight, Wang Zhan was the main general, and Huang Dongxuan was only the deputy general.The reason for this arrangement is that Wang Zhan is Sun Xiang's confidant, but Huang Dongxuan is not so trusted; the second reason is that Huang Dongxuan originally opposed this battle, but Wang Zhan actively took the lead in the battle.On the one hand, Sun Xiang wanted to use Huang Dongxuan's navy, but on the other hand, he was afraid that the general's foreign military orders would not be accepted, so he naturally sent someone to restrain Huang Dongxuan.

The attack on Shizhou was commanded by Wang Zhan, and Huang Dongxuan didn't contribute much, so the credit is naturally all Wang Zhan's.

Wang Zhan said with a smile: "Brother Huang, I heard that you told the governor earlier that we can't afford to lose this battle, can we? Why do you think we will lose? What do you think?"

Huang Dongxuan also knew that Wang Zhan was very happy—if he wasn't happy, he wouldn't have supported this war—so he didn't bother to talk to him, and continued to perfunctory: "Really? Who did you listen to?"

Wang Zhan sneered, looked at him with interest for a while, then turned back and continued eating meat.

At this moment, a spy ran in and whispered something into Wang Zhan's ear.Wang Zhan was overjoyed, and quickly put down the wine glass in his hand: "Really?"

The spies nodded.

Wang Zhan patted his thigh: "That's great!"

Huang Dongxuan frowned and glanced aside, feeling ominous in his heart.

Sure enough, the next moment, Wang Zhan waved his hand, signaling all the dancers and maids in the hall to leave.Ever since, only the officers of the Changsha Army who were drinking and eating meat were left in the hall.

Wang Zhan cleared his throat and said: "Drink less, don't get drunk! The spies have found out that Yunyang's defenses are empty. Tomorrow we will immediately send troops to capture Yunyang!"

Huang Dongxuan spat out the wine from his mouth with a "poof".

Wang Zhan glanced at him sideways and said: "General Huang, I will continue to sit in Shizhou, and you will lead the army tomorrow."

Huang Dongxuan wiped his mouth, wanted to get angry, but still suppressed his temper and said: "General Wang, this matter should be reported to the Ming Fu Yin first, and then a decision can be made?"

Wang Zhan couldn't help but sneered: "General Huang, your evasive words are not wise."

Report to the governor of the Ming Dynasty?The mountains are high and the road is far away, so people sent letters back and forth to Changsha Mansion, several days passed.The military is most concerned about timing. When the reinforcements from the Shu army arrive, it will be too late.Wang Zhan had the right to make decisions when he was in command.Huang Dongxuan made such an excuse, and made it clear that he didn't want to go out.

In order to prevent Huang Dongxuan from talking too much, Wang Zhan didn't bother to tell him whether he had the right to make this decision, so he directly carried Sun Xiang out: "General Huang didn't know something. Before this expedition, the governor ordered me If Shizhou is successfully captured, and the defenses along the Yangtze River are empty, Jiangkou must be captured immediately. If General Huang has any objections, I will show you the governor's handwriting after returning."

After conquering Shizhou, they had already stepped into Shu with one foot. After the army entered Shu, with Shizhou as a stronghold, the supply of food and grass would be much more convenient.But if you want to really start a conspiracy against the Shu government, it is more important to win the waterway!Continue along Shizhou to reach the vicinity of Yunyang, and you will reach the mouth of the Yangtze River.In the future, they will send their navy down the Yangtze River, and then up the Zhongjiang River, and they will be able to reach Chengdu in a few days!

Huang Dongxuan finally couldn't help it, and said: "We only have so few troops, if we go to attack Yunyang, the front line will be too long! If the Shu army sends troops to intercept and attack each one, we will surely die!"

Wang Zhan was furious, slammed the table, and said, "Huang Dongxuan, you are so courageous, how dare you shake the morale of the army!"

Huang Dongxuan rolled his eyes and had nothing to say.

Wang Zhan sneered again: "Shu army? Where did the Shu army come from? Those bereaved dogs have long since gone hiding!"

If it wasn't for going by water, he would have to use Huang Dongxuan, and he wished that Huang Dongxuan could be punished for the crime of shaking the morale of the army.He said coldly: "General Huang, if you don't want to disobey the military order, go back and prepare as soon as possible."

Huang Dongxuan propped his forehead, and said in his heart: Ge Laozi, I really don't want to do it anymore!