Zhu Nao

Huang Dongxuan didn't know that Wang Zhan never sent anyone to Changsha Mansion to ask for reinforcements.Wang Zhan underestimated the seriousness of the situation before, and wanted to cover it up and solve it himself.By the time he realized that he couldn't do without reinforcements, it was too late.

For this sake, let alone saving Huang Dongxuan, Wang Zhan and even Shizhou, who had just been robbed, couldn't hold on.If he chooses to give up Huang Dongxuan, give up Shizhou, and return to Changsha Mansion with the remaining troops, then he will lose so many people in vain, but in the end he will get nothing. Sun Xiang's order to act, but can he still hold Sun Xiang accountable?Of course not!Only he can handle this matter.Dismissal and investigation are a must, and beheading is possible!

And more importantly, the current situation in Changsha Mansion is very special: the Changsha army has just captured Jiangling Mansion, and has not had time to unify the various forces in Jiangling Mansion.Part of the Changsha army had to stay in Changsha Mansion, and part of it had to be stationed in Jiangling Mansion. In addition, it had to guard against aggression from neighboring prefectures. This time, part of it was divided to attack Shizhou.No matter how strong the Changsha Mansion is, in this situation where multiple situations need to be dealt with at the same time, each situation is actually very tense, and people's hearts will inevitably fluctuate.This is why Huang Dongxuan said before the expedition that they could not afford to lose this battle.

As the saying goes, there are four diseases and all diseases, and the defeat in Sichuan will definitely arouse reactions in other places at the same time.The resistance forces in Jiangling Mansion will take the opportunity to act, and the neighbors around will take advantage of the fire and loot when they learn that Changsha Mansion failed to use troops, and even the forces opposing Sun Xiang in Changsha Mansion will take advantage of the opportunity!In this way, it was really a careless move, and the whole game was lost.

Although Wang Zhan is the main combat faction, it is only because he is too confident and believes that this battle will be won, so he wants to take the opportunity to earn military merits.It's not that he doesn't know what the consequences of failure are.For such a serious matter, he knew that once he went back, the consequences would be unimaginable.And even if he was not severely punished, the Changsha Mansion would probably be devastated, and there would be no future for him to stay there.

So, regardless of the future, he only said that he wanted to save his life right now. It seemed that he had no better way than to surrender to the Shu army...

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Another three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Huang Dongxuan squatted outside the tent, staring at the weeds on the ground, his eyes turned green, wishing he could dig out the grass and soil and eat it.

Just when he was about to move, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance. He looked up and saw that it was the envoy he sent.

He quickly stood up and patted the dust off his body.

After a while, the envoy came over, jumped off his horse and saluted him: "Brother."

Huang Dongxuan licked his lips that were about to dry, and said slowly: "How about it, have they agreed to our conditions?"

Since Wang Zhan surrendered to the Shu army, Huang Dongxuan's last hope of returning to Changsha Mansion was also shattered.He has done so much to benevolent and righteous, so it is naturally impossible to take his own army to be buried with Changsha Mansion.Therefore, he could only honestly send someone to ask the Shu army to surrender.

But even though he is asking to surrender, he has several conditions.He threatened that if the Shu army refused to agree, he would lead the army to fight to the end. At that time, both sides would suffer, and no one would be able to please.

The Shu army had no intention of fighting him to the death, so the two sides talked about it.

Among the conditions proposed by Huang Dongxuan, he did not ask to retain his military power - although he wanted it very much, he knew that if this condition was raised, the two sides would have nothing to talk about.He cannot risk the lives of all his brothers for his own power.So he took a step back and voluntarily pleaded guilty, but asked the Shu government not to dismiss his army, but to retain the power of some officers under him, and to give his soldiers the same treatment as the Shu army.As for how he himself will be placed by the Shu army, he will resign himself to fate.

Of course, in such a condition, he actually kept a hand - as long as he can save his life, as long as his army is not disbanded, as long as his officers are still there, then he believes that he may have a comeback one day.Now is the time to employ people in the troubled times. He believes that with his ability, he has the opportunity to display his fists.If he could meet a wise master, his talent would not be buried—but his experience over the past few years also let him know that meeting a wise master is no different from hitting luck.If you hit it, you have accumulated virtue in your previous life, if you don't hit it, you can only recognize it.

The envoy who came back from the Shu army had a flickering look on his face, and said cautiously: "The Shu army did not give a clear answer to the several conditions proposed by the elder brother..."

"What?" Huang Dongxuan was taken aback, and couldn't help but lose face.If the Shu army cannot accept their request, then speak up and let everyone negotiate.But if the Shu army was deliberately delaying time, trying to delay them to the end, and had to give up the conditions, it would be too insidious.

The envoy hurriedly said: "The Shu army said... Eldest Brother's conditions can be negotiated, but there is one premise... They want Eldest Brother to meet Zhu Fuyin and have a face-to-face talk with Zhu Fu Yin."

Huang Dongxuan was stunned for a moment.Ask him to have a face-to-face meeting with Junao?How can there be such a condition?

The soldiers and officers surrounding Huang Dongxuan were also taken aback for a moment, and immediately jumped up to object.

"No! It's too dangerous!"

"Brother, you must not put yourself in danger!"

"Could it be that the Shu army intends to deceive the eldest brother and murder him, and then the rest of us will have no leader, so we can only let them kill us?"

Huang Dongxuan also thumped in his heart.What his men said was not impossible.Once he has any accident, his army's morale will be greatly damaged and their confidence will be lost.At that time, it can only be what the Shu army says.

However, after thinking for a while, Huang Dongxuan gritted his teeth and said to the messenger, "Okay. You go and tell them that I am willing to see Junao!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's expressions changed.

"Brother, no!"

"Brother, think twice! What should we do if something happens to you this time?"

"Yes, big brother..."

Huang Dongxuan raised his hand to stop the crowd's dissuasion, and said, "Okay, don't gossip! Think about the people Jun Nao has hired and the things he has done in the past few years, he should be a talented person People, there is no reason to embarrass me. I think he attaches great importance to me, your eldest brother, so he insists on seeing me in person. I refuse to go to see him, and I am a petty weapon."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, doubtful, not knowing how to respond.

Huang Dongxuan said that on purpose.On the one hand, he wanted to comfort those who were worried about him, so that they would not do unwise things for him; on the other hand, he really felt that Junao didn't call him over to harm him.

It is true that Zhu Nao is a person who loves talents. He was able to reach his current position from a small businessman, and it is impossible to achieve it without great measurement and the ability of employing people.Zhu Nao dared to use Yu Changming, Wei Yue, Xu Yu, and even Han Fengxian, why didn't he dare to use Huang Dongxuan?

Huang Dongxuan knew that it would not be easy to keep his military power, but it shouldn't be difficult to find an official position under Jun Nao.

And Zhu Nao really wants to deceive him, and then do something that is not good for him.It's good that this kind of thing can be hidden, once it spreads, wouldn't Zhu Nao shoot himself in the foot?Who would dare to rely on him in the future?As a governor, he shouldn't be so short-sighted.

After much deliberation, Huang Dongxuan felt that Jun Nao just wanted to show him off in person and suppress his arrogance.A man can bend and stretch, so why can't he bear such a trivial matter?There is nothing wrong with going to learn and learn.

So, that afternoon, Huang Dongxuan took two soldiers and rode to the camp of the Shu army.

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a few days later.

Huang Dongxuan and his two soldiers were sitting in the carriage, which was heading towards the government.Soon, they will meet Junao.

The two guards were very nervous and fidgeting—in any case, the two sides were still enemies just a few days ago, and now they have entered the enemy's territory. If the other party does anything against them, the two of them can't protect them at all. Huang Dongxuan!

Huang Dongxuan was not that nervous at first, but he was also agitated because of the influence of those two people.He reprimanded: "Okay, stop wriggling around there, look at your talents! What they want to do to us, they have already done it along the way, so we have to wait until now?"

The two of them looked at each other, feeling that this was the truth in their hearts, but it was inevitable that they were still a little uneasy.

After a while, a person approached Huang Dongxuan, and asked eagerly: "Brother, tell me, what kind of person is Zhufu Yin?"

This question made Huang Dongxuan narrow his eyes and think carefully.Before that, he had not dealt with Zhu Nao directly, nor had he met him. He had some indirect contacts during King Qin's meeting, plus the various rumors he had heard in Jiangling Mansion and Changsha Mansion over the years. Junao still has some understanding.

What kind of person is Juno?An answer quickly popped into his mind.

He lifted the curtain of the car and took a look outside, and saw that the people of the Shu army were still some distance away from their carriage, so he put down the curtain again, raised four fingers, and said, "Zhu Nao? Just four words - treacherous and cunning!"

The two soldiers looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.Now they were less nervous.

"That's right, he's a treacherous and cunning man! I heard that he defrauded the princes and armies of their money during the King Qin Conference, so that they almost lost their travel expenses back home."

"Haha, didn't he still deceive all the princes and armies from all walks of life, and in the end he secretly followed Xie Wuji into the capital? That means the little emperor died, or the emperor was really saved by him, and now I don't know what to do .”

"He's so old and cunning, brother won't be fooled, right?"

Huang Dongxuan let out a "sneer": "Take a loss and be fooled? Are you still a seven-year-old child? He just farts, and I don't want to hear it!"

The two soldiers looked at each other again.Their fears are not unfounded.Although it was Huang Dongxuan who betrayed Jiangling Mansion and Changsha Mansion, in the process of dealing with these two mansions, it is not easy to say who suffered more and was deceived more.

Be it the governor of Jiangling or the governor of Changsha, when they first came into contact with Huang Dongxuan, their attitudes were as good as possible.During the years of Huang Dongxuan's tenure, the two governors made countless promises to Huang Dongxuan himself and to the army.In the end, it was all farting, and what was said was not the same thing as what was done.

In fact, Huang Dongxuan said that Junao is old and cunning, this is not a derogatory term.He himself is cunning enough, how many people have been tricked by him?But he really didn't have a good impression of Junao.And it's not because of what Jun Nao himself did, it should be said that he didn't have a good impression of all these high officials.

Whether it is the governor of Changsha or the governor of Jiangling, Huang Dongxuan is not completely incapable of understanding their difficulties.But because of his understanding, he thinks that maybe only those who are full of lies and who are good at hypocrisy and persuasion can become high officials and accomplish great things...

And this time, it was different from the previous two times.This time he was defeated and came to ask for surrender.His own military power can't be kept no matter what, maybe Zhu Nao didn't even bother to spend the energy to make false claims with him.He only wanted to get better treatment for his brothers, so that he would not lose a battle and become a captive and oppressed slave from then on...

As for himself?Save your life first, and only hope that the current situation will give him a chance to make a comeback...

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The carriage continued to move towards the mansion, passing through the streets and alleys of the city.

Huang Dongxuan sat in the car, looking through the window at the streets on both sides of the road.The city of Chengdu is bustling and bustling, the squares are crowded with people, and the shops are full of all kinds of goods.The men chatted and laughed and went in and out of the teahouse, and the women also walked on the street openly, and the street was full of laughter.

The two soldiers also squeezed their heads to Huang Dongxuan's side, and looked out the car window together.

After watching for a while, one of them whispered, "I think about what happened when I was a child..."

The other two were silent.

The three of them are all from Jingzhou, and it is not that they have never seen such a bustling and lively city. Many years ago, Jingzhou with a well-developed water system was also a commercial capital extending in all directions, with feasting and feasting, and eight streets and nine streets.However, the world is becoming more and more chaotic, and taxes are getting higher and higher. I don't know when, the old prosperity has become a dream.

They have not been to many places, but they only know that compared with the towns of Jiangling Mansion and Changsha Mansion, Chengdu City, where the people live and work in peace and contentment, is undoubtedly a paradise...

The carriage passed through Fangcheng District, and soon, the official residence was in sight.

Huang Dongxuan got out of the carriage, followed by two soldiers.They were going to meet Junao soon, and now they were relaxed, but now they became tense again.

A personal soldier asked in a low voice: "Speaking of which, what will Zhufu Yin look like?"

Another person replied in a low voice: "I guess, it should be a fat head with big ears, a pig nose and a thick mouth, and a fat brain - don't you think the governor of Changsha and the governor of Jiangling look alike? People who are high officials seem to look like that .”

The man thought for a while about the appearance of the two governors, and almost laughed, but with Shu soldiers on both sides, he held back.

Listening to the conversation between the two soldiers, Huang Dongxuan couldn't help being amused when he thought of Sun Xiang's fat head and big ears.Indeed, let him imagine Junao's appearance, that's what he can imagine.

The three entered the mansion, and just about to enter the backyard, the guards stopped them.

"General Huang," the guard said politely, "You can go in, Mr. Zhu has been waiting inside for a long time. The rest of you, please wait outside."

The two soldiers were taken aback for a moment, and immediately put on a defensive posture.Just let Huang Dongxuan go in alone, how can this work?

Huang Dongxuan raised his hand, signaling them to be calm: "I understand. You go and wait, I will go in by myself."

The two soldiers worried: "Brother..."

Huang Dongxuan shook his head and comforted: "Okay, you guys go, it's okay."

Those two looked at me, and I looked at you. After all, they were on someone else's territory, and they had to be led out by the guards in the end.

After everyone left, Huang Dongxuan stood at the gate of the yard, took a few deep breaths, straightened his clothes, and then walked over the stone steps.