Zhu Nao

After Zhu Nao proclaimed himself emperor, Tao Bei was the one who gritted his teeth the most.

He has prepared for so long and spent so much effort to support a little kid to the top, in order to seize the banner of "orthodoxy" and win more support from the powerful for him.Who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin would be killed halfway, and Zhu Nao would be the first to proclaim himself emperor before he embraced Zhu Xin!

Ordinarily, Tao Bei knew that Zhu Nao was also surnamed Zhu, and he also claimed to be of royal blood, so he should have been wary of such a move.However, Zhu Nao had built up momentum a few years ago, but there has been no movement, making Tao Bei think that he has no plans to become emperor for the time being, so he was caught off guard.

Now that Zhu Nao proclaimed himself emperor, Tao Bei's painstaking preparations became a joke.He tried his best to rely on the lineage of Marquis Xunyang to his direct lineage, but no matter how he relied on it, could it compare to Zhu Nao being the illegitimate son of the former emperor?

Of course, he could criticize Zhu Nao for being a counterfeit, and he did. This may damage Jun Nao's prestige, but it does not do him much good either—picking a child from a branch line to be the emperor This kind of thing, let alone reasonable people, even rural people know what's going on.If no one is fighting for this, you can still excuse that there is really no other candidate.But jumping out of an opponent who is stronger everywhere, his reason is naturally untenable.

But all the rumors were released, and all the preparations that should be done were made, not to mention that Tao Bei had no other choice.So he could only bite the bullet and continue.

He asked someone to write more than a dozen articles scolding Zhu Nao for being a deceitful person, and then held the enthronement ceremony for Zhu Xin in Yedu in a grand manner.

Undoubtedly, he prepared for a longer time and spent a lot of money reluctantly. The enthronement ceremony in Yedu was much grander and extravagant than that in Hanzhong.But in this case, the more extravagant he was, the more he showed his guilty conscience.Only God knows how many ridicules and discussions have been caused behind the scenes.

Fortunately, when Tao Bei was gnashing his teeth in anger and had no choice but to take Zhu Nao, the envoy sent by Changsha came to Yedu...

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"Sunfu Yin wants to ask the general to join him in attacking Jiangling?!" When the staff heard the news, they all looked at each other in amazement.

"General, is this reliable?" a staff member asked cautiously.This is a big event, if there is a mistake, it is not a joke.

"I have a letter written by Sun Xiang himself, please read it first." Tao Bei couldn't hide the joy on his face, and took out the letter and passed it on to everyone.

Sun Xiang wanted to invite Tao Bei to conspire with him in Jiangling. Of course he attached great importance to such a big event.He wrote a letter with his own hand, sent his high-ranking officials to Yedu, and sent rich gifts to express his respect for Tao Bei.

The staff passed Sun Xiang's hand letter one after another.This letter really flattered Tao Bei. It first praised Tao Bei's achievements in the past, and then said that it was destiny for Tao Bei to support the new emperor to ascend the throne. At the same time, he also expressed his respect for the new emperor and expressed his willingness to surrender But immediately afterwards, he denounced Zhu Nao in his letter as a big liar who confuses the public from time to time. Nao hates sincerely.Later, he proposed to ask Tao Bei to join him in sending troops to Jiangling, and listed various advantages of joining forces.

After the staff members read the letter, Tao Bei told everyone what the Changsha Mansion envoy had said, and everyone was almost sure that Sun Xiang's invitation to Tao Bei to attack Jiangling was indeed sincere.

This made the staff a little dumbfounded: You must know that in order to win Sun Xiang, Tao Bei used many means, but Sun Xiang kept pushing and procrastinating.For a long time, although Sun Xiang didn't dare to fight against Tao Bei openly, he didn't give up hope of fighting for hegemony.

Now that both sides are called emperors, Sun Xiang has seen the current situation clearly. He chooses to take refuge in Tao Bei. It may not be because he is convinced by Tao Bei. From his letter, it can be seen that the main reason is because of him. Hate Junao!After all, if he hadn't been defeated by Zhu Nao at the beginning, he might be the one who occupies half of the country and plans to become emperor now!

Someone couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Sun Xiang has a small belly, but it's hard to become a big player..."

But Sun Xiang is hard to become a master, which is of course a good thing for Tao Bei.

Someone stood up immediately and said, "Congratulations, General! Congratulations to General! As long as you take Jiangling, you can seal the Shu army's way out to the east; if you take Guanzhong again, you can contain the Shu people in the south of Daba Mountain, and the general can win the world!" "

No matter how rich the Shu region is, it is just a place with no traffic.The reason why Zhu Nao is expected to compete for the world is because he captured Guanzhong early and captured Jingzhou, opening up two routes out of Shu.As long as these two roads can be blocked, even if Zhu Nao's power cannot be completely wiped out, it will be enough to press him to death in Shu and become a peaceful little prince instead of competing with Tao Bei for hegemony.

In fact, everyone knows this truth. Tao Bei has been eyeing Jiangling and Guanzhong for a long time, but the reason why he has not made a move is because Zhu Nao developed in Guanzhong with foresight a few years ago, and now he has taken root in Guanzhong. It is already deep, and there is the danger of Tongguan, it is not easy to fight down; and although Jingzhou is newly acquired by Zhu Nao, it may not be stable, but there is Changsha Mansion next to it, Tao Bei wants to attack Jingzhou without the consent of Changsha Mansion It's hard to succeed.

But now, Sun Xiang came to the door by himself, and wanted to carve up Jiangling Mansion with Tao Bei!

Tao Beidao: "The emissary of Changsha Prefecture said that if Jiangling can be captured successfully, Jingzhou, Gong'an, Shishou and other counties will belong to Changsha Prefecture, and Xia and Erzhou will belong to me. What do you think?"

Although Sun Xiang expressed his willingness to submit to Zhu Xin, who was supported by Tao Bei, as the emperor, this was actually only a superficial position.Few people in this world would willingly hand over power like Xie Wuji. Sun Xiang only said that he would no longer compete with Tao Bei for the hegemony of commanding the world, but it did not mean that he would give up the power and the benefits he could get.Therefore, if the two sides join forces to send troops, they must first clearly explain how to divide the war profit after the matter is completed.

Immediately someone objected: "This is impossible! The Changsha army is very weak. If we want to win Jiangling, we have to rely on our efforts. Jingzhou has always been a battleground for military strategists. The general must win Jingzhou! The Yangtze River should be used as the boundary, the north belongs to us, and the south belongs to them!"

"That's right! The danger of Jingzhou choking the Yangtze River must be taken into the pocket by the general!"

"That Sun Xiang is really treacherous and cunning. He said that he asked us to conspire with Jiangling, and in the end he took the good place himself, and only gave us some tasteless things. How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world?"

There is no doubt that among the three states in Jiangling, Jingzhou is the fat that everyone is jealous of.This is where Zhu Nao occupied, what Sun Xiang had his eye on, and what Tao Bei wanted to grab.

All the staff members talked to each other, but Zhang Ling, who was sitting in Tao Bei's second seat, remained silent.When he first heard that Sun Xiang was going to ask Tao Bei to deal with Zhu Nao together, he couldn't help showing joy, but as everyone discussed, his face gradually became serious.

Zhang Ling, that is, Henry Zhang, among the people present, is the only one who has really fought against Zhu Nao, and he knows Zhu Nao's abilities best.When he saw that everyone was dissatisfied with Changsha Mansion because of whether they wanted to fight for Jingzhou, he felt a little bit in his heart, and suddenly thought: Could all this be Zhu Nao's scheme?Did Zhu Nao want to use this method to make Tao Bei and Sun Xiang fight, consume their strength, and kill two birds with one stone?It's like dealing with the Xuantian Sect and the Dark Horse Army back then!

——It’s not to blame him for thinking this way, it’s because he suffered too much from Zhu Nao’s hands at the beginning...

So he coughed lightly, and said: "General, Changsha Yin said that Huang Dongxuan wanted to rebel, so he decided to take this opportunity to seize Jiangling. But could Huang Dongxuan be a false surrender? Could this be Zhu Nao's trick?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at each other again.

When Sun Xiang received the news from Huang Dongxuan, he immediately doubted whether it was true or not.But before Zhang Ling proposed, Tao Bei's staff had never doubted whether Huang Dongxuan's rebellion was true or not—they didn't know anything about Huang Dongxuan, Zhu Nao, and Sun Xiang. Sun Xiang swore that this was a godsend, and they I believe this is a godsend opportunity.

Tao Bei was also taken aback for a moment.He didn't doubt this before. After all, he knew that Huang Dongxuan was a disloyal person. He had already betrayed twice, and it would not be unusual to betray him a third time.

But he respected Zhang Ling very much. Since Zhang Ling said so, he said: "Mister's concerns are justified. I will send someone to Jingzhou to investigate this matter as soon as possible."

However, Tao Bei obviously still doesn't doubt the authenticity of this matter.Then Sun Xiang must have verified it. It is impossible to jump into it knowing that it is a pit. Since Sun Xiang invited him so eagerly, it is likely to be reliable.Therefore, people can be sent to investigate the verification, and the alliance still needs to continue to be discussed, and cannot be shelved.Otherwise, if the best opportunity is missed, it will be too late to regret.

Facing the accusations against Sun Xiang and the ardentness towards Jingzhou from all the staff, Tao Bei said calmly, "Everyone is right. Jingzhou is indeed the place I want to win. But if I propose to the emissary of Changsha Mansion that I want With Jingzhou in the bag, I'm afraid that the joint venture will be in vain."

Everyone was startled, and immediately fell silent.Tao Bei's words are true, Sun Xiang can't give up Jingzhou, if the two sides first fight for who can get Jingzhou after the Jiangling Mansion is taken, then it is impossible to jointly send troops to Jiangling.

Tao Bei said again, "In my opinion, regardless of whether Jingzhou falls into my hands or Sun Xiang's, as long as we can snatch Jiangling Mansion from Zhu Nao's hands, this battle will be worthwhile."

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and some people couldn't help but secretly sneered—if Sun Xiang heard Tao Bei's words, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood.

Why is such an important Jingzhou worth sending troops even if it falls into Sun Xiang's hands?Because Tao Bei looked down on Sun Xiang at all!Even if it was taken by Sun Xiang, it would just be Sun Xiang taking care of it, and it wouldn't take long for him to spit it out honestly.But in Zhu Nao's hands, it's quite different.

Sun Xiang is just a guy who can't become a great weapon, and he is nothing to worry about. He can't even compare with Zhu Nao's little finger.

What's more, Tao Bei didn't say it to death, but actually had another meaning: he could first agree to Sun Xiang's conditions.After the two sides send troops together and beat the Shu army away, how to carve up Jiangling Mansion is not according to the agreement of gentlemen, it still depends on whose fist is stronger!

So everyone quickly said: "The general is wise!"

"To win Jiangling this time is one step closer to being a general who dominates the world."

"Once Zhu Nao loses Jiangling, the morale of the Shu army will be greatly reduced! At that time, the general can take advantage of the victory and send troops to take Guanzhong..."

Everyone has even started flattering, looking forward to their situation after their big victory.

Tao Bei smiled slightly, and his eyes inevitably showed a bit of excitement and complacency.He turned to Zhang Ling, who had always been taciturn, and asked his opinion again: "What do you think, sir?"

Zhang Ling's expression was more serious than before.He can't help worrying that Huang Dongxuan's rebellion is Jun Nao's conspiracy.But he thought again: Even if this is a conspiracy, it should be aimed at Changsha Mansion, not them.

Maybe Sun Xiang was also worried about this, so he came to invite them to conspire with Jiangling.If Huang Dongxuan is a real rebel, they will take over Jingzhou smoothly first, and then take advantage of the situation to conquer other states and counties in Jiangling; if Huang Dongxuan is a fake rebellion, then they will join forces to attack Jingzhou, and then attack other states and counties.With a mere Huang Dongxuan, can he stop the powerful coalition forces?I'm afraid that the fake rebellion will become real rebellion by then.

...Could it be that Zhu Nao's plan really went wrong this time?

Zhang Ling remained silent for a long time, Tao Bei saw that he seemed to have something to say in public, so he stopped asking.

After they discussed various matters related to the allied army, Tao Bei let them disperse, leaving Zhang Ling alone.

After everyone had left, Tao Bei asked Zhang Ling humbly, "Do you have any concerns, sir?"

Zhang Ling was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly: "The general has just finished the grand ceremony, and now the treasury is empty. If you use troops again, I'm afraid that your vitality will be seriously injured..."

Tao Bei held Zhu Xin's enthronement ceremony in an extremely grand manner, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources.After all, he supported this little emperor just to tell the world.After fighting for so many years, he didn't have much money, and this grand ceremony was really a bit swollen and fat.

But after hearing Zhang Ling's words, Tao Bei was taken aback, his expression became a little complicated.He hesitated to speak, and finally said: "When did you become so cautious, Mister?"

Zhang Ling suddenly laughed.

He was the one who suggested Tao Bei not to guard the Bauhinia Pass and go directly to fight Jiangling. He was so wild that everyone thought he was a lunatic.But now that the perfect time to really attack Jiangling has come, he is timid instead?

There are no military expenses to raise, even if there are some disadvantages, compared to such an important opportunity to seize Jingzhou, those disadvantages are nothing!

Zhang Ling himself can't explain why, the opponent is Zhu Nao, and it seems that the greater the chance of winning, the more uneasy he feels...