Zhu Nao

Xie Wuji came to the palace and happened to see an official coming out of Zhu Nao's palace.When the official saw Xie Wuji, he hurriedly saluted Xie Wuji: "Please see General Xie for humble posts."

Xie Wuji recognized that this person was originally an official of Liang State, and after Yecheng was forced, he actively joined Zhu Nao's command.Because of his close relationship with Gao Hong, he was promoted by Zhu Nao to be in charge of taking down Gao Hong.

Xie Wuji nodded to him, and continued to walk into the hall as he had seen the ceremony.

Zhu Nao was sitting in the hall, seeing him coming, pushed away the memorial on the case, patted the seat beside him, and signaled Xie Wuji to sit over.

Xie Wuji stepped forward and sat side by side with him: "Is there any progress in Jizhou?"

Zhu Nao nodded: "Gao Hong is willing to surrender, but how to arrange it will have to be discussed for a while."

Xie Wuji was not surprised.Tao Bei is dead, and the little emperor has also fled. It is obviously unrealistic for Gao Hong to defend Jizhou and Zhu Nao alone.Submission is inevitable, but not everyone is Tian Chou. It is not so easy for Gao Hong to give up the power in his hands. Gao Hong himself is also surrounded by huge group interests.It will take some time to negotiate how much power should be cut from him and how much benefit should be given to him to ensure peace and avoid future troubles.

The two chatted about Jizhou for a while, Xie Wuji finally said: "Just now someone sent news about Xuzhou..."

He told Jun Nao the news of the Xuzhou battle in this way, and Jun Nao was a little surprised when he heard it.

Chen Guo has always wanted to unite with Liang Guo to fight against Shu, but he didn't expect that after Liang failed to resist Shu, Chen Guo immediately stabbed him in the back. , is worth pondering.

Xie Wuji said: "In my opinion, Ma Shu is not a peaceful person. If he is allowed to grow up, he may become a disaster in the future. It is better to help the Xuzhou army to repel him and take back Xuzhou as soon as possible."

Xuzhou is indeed a strategic location.For the Jiangnan regimes of all dynasties, they have two gates. One is Jingzhou in the southwest. As long as Jingzhou is controlled by the enemy, the enemy can go east along the Yangtze River at any time, pass through Echeng, pass Chaisang, and approach Jiangling; The gateway is Xuzhou in the northwest. Whoever controls Xuzhou can walk from Surabaya to Huai'an, all the way south, and point his sword at Jiangning.

The Chen State, established by the dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River, is really a regime that does not think about making progress.They have been in the country for many years, but they have never obtained Jingzhou.Now that Jingzhou is in Zhu Nao's hands, they have already pinched their throats. If Zhu Nao can control Xuzhou again, it will be a matter of time before Chen Guo is taken down.

However, Xie Wuji suggested that Zhu Nao take Xuzhou as soon as possible, not all to control this strategic location early, but to curb the development of Mashu.

As a man of Ma Shu, he will definitely recruit soldiers and buy horses to expand his own power, until the Shu army thinks that the price to be paid for attacking him with strong means is too high, so they have to sit down and negotiate with him, and his goal has been achieved. .Moreover, once such a person grasps the power, he will never let go easily. If he really wants to eat it, he has to weigh whether he can digest it.

But now that he got the Central Plains, Zhu Nao's mind is not only on how to conquer the world, but also how to govern the world next.If you want peace in the world, the first step is to dismiss a large number of soldiers and horses.Too many troops occupy too many people, no one cultivates the fields, no one inherits the skills, the treasury is short of money, and public security is also a problem.Therefore, Ma Shu still has to recruit soldiers and horses at this time, which really annoys Xie Wuji - after these few years, he is no longer the rampant General Xie who beat every city and lost every city.He has already understood the truth that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

However, after he finished speaking, Junao didn't make a sound immediately, only sketching the lines of his palm thoughtfully.

Xie Wuji's hands felt itchy.Seeing that Jun Nao didn't answer, he clasped his palms together and pinched Jun Nao's restless hand, saying, "If you really value your talent, you must hire this man...then do as you wish."

This action of his disturbed Jun Nao's thinking, Jun Nao opened his palm again in dissatisfaction, and continued to draw: "Don't make trouble."

Xie Wuji: "..." Who is making trouble!

Seeing that he no longer resisted, Zhu Nao couldn't help but smile: "Let's not talk about Ma Shu. Do you think that if we take Xuzhou, Chen Guohui will surrender obediently?"

Xie Wuji was slightly taken aback, and said with a smile: "How is it possible?"

Taking Jingzhou and Xuzhou means that they have put the knife on Chen Guo's neck.But it still takes a lot of effort to cut this knife down.How many people in the world would voluntarily surrender their power and wealth?For the nobles of Chen Guo, even if their dream of eternal wealth is shattered, they must still be able to procrastinate for a day.Unless the Shu army really came to the city of Jiangning, it would be impossible for them to cooperate honestly!

Zhu Nao said: "Well, I think so too. It's just that there have been years of wars, the people are struggling to survive, the army is exhausted, and the money is almost spent. If we can have fewer troops, let's use less."

Xie Wuji glanced at Zhu Nao with some doubts.Of course he understands this truth, taking down Liang Guo, their originally fairly substantial warehouse is almost empty, and now it is impossible for the Shu army to launch a full-scale offensive against Chen Guo.They have to wait at least a few more years for the warehouses to be replenished and the people to recover before they can continue to use troops.But what does Junao mean by saying this now?

Zhu Nao said: "Ma Shu doesn't seem to please your uncles and brothers very much. However, the court of Chen Guo did not expel him, but let him take power in Huainan. It seems that the Jiangnan dignitaries have different opinions on Ma Shu... ..."

Xie Wuji was stunned, and immediately understood: "Could it be that you plan to use the horse harness to provoke Chen Guodou?"

Junao blinked slyly, as a tacit consent.

If the horse bundle can really play such a role, Xie Wuji also thinks this is a good method.But how to do this?"What are your plans?" he asked.

Zhu Nao said, "There are two paths that may be possible."

Xie Wuji asked: "Which two?"

Zhu Nao said: "Didn't Jiangnan place a lot of eyes and ears around you earlier? That is a road."

Xie Wuji understood.As early as when Chen Guo decided to unite Liang against Shu, he secretly sent people to bribe Xie Wuji's subordinates and some forces of Shu. Get the microphone you need.It was originally intended to be used when fighting the Liang army, but the battle went very smoothly, and they captured Yecheng before these microphones were of any use.Now to deal with Chen Guo, these people can be used.

Xie Wuji said again: "Then what is the other way?"

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "The other way...is an old friend I met when I was still in Chengdu."

Xie Wuji was slightly surprised: Zhu Nao's old friend?

Jun Nao started talking with him like this.

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After Shen time, the sun slanted westward, and dusk was approaching.The imperial guards were about to close the gate of the palace when they suddenly saw a fast horse approaching in the distance.When the horse galloped near, everyone realized that the person sitting on the horse was actually Tian Chou.

Tian Chou jumped off his horse, with an eager expression on his face, he begged the imperial guards guarding the palace gate: "I want to meet the Holy Majesty, please inform me."

The guards were a little hesitant.It was said that it was almost time to close the palace gate, and they should have asked Tian Chou to come back tomorrow.But Tian Chou's status is extraordinary, and it's hard for them to refuse.

The imperial army could only say: "General Tian wait here for a while, I will go in and report."

Tian Chou hurriedly said, "Thank you!"

A forbidden soldier ran towards the palace, and about two quarters of an hour later, the forbidden soldier came out.

"General Tian, ​​Your Majesty's honor."

Tian Chou hurriedly walked to the palace.

Not long after, he was taken outside a palace by the imperial army.He took a deep breath first, and then walked into the hall.

When he came to the hall, he hurriedly bowed to Zhu Nao: "The final general will see Your Majesty."

"General Tian, ​​please get up quickly." Zhu Nao came out from behind the table and helped him up himself.

Tian Chou was flattered and became more and more embarrassed.The fact that he came to find Junao today is really hard to say.

Zhu Nao saw his uneasiness in his eyes and knew it in his heart.He motioned Tian Chou to take a seat first, and then asked: "General Tian is here today, is it for Xuzhou's affairs?"

Tian Chou was taken aback immediately: "Your Majesty already knows?"

He just received the news that his old army was defeated by Ma Shu in Xuzhou, and Tongshan was lost!This made him panic.He still misses those old ministries very much in his heart, and he has long asked Zhu Nao to arrange them properly, and got Jun Nao's consent.But now that something has gone wrong, these old departments of his, not to mention being reused, will be punished by Zhu Nao if they fail!He had to rush to intercede.

"Your Majesty, please allow the general to rush to Xuzhou. Within three months, the general will repel the Huainan soldiers and recover the lost land! If not, the general is willing to plead guilty with his head."

Although Tian Chou is really ruthless to those miscellaneous soldiers, he still has a deep affection for those direct descendants who have been with him for many years.In order to protect the future of those people, he could only do it himself, and he pledged his life as a guarantee.

But Zhu Nao said softly: "General Tian, ​​don't worry. I have other ideas about Xuzhou, and I planned to discuss it with you. I hope you will send an order to your old department, so that they don't have to rush to regain the lost ground, and they will be near Tongshan and Huainan. The army can stand up to each other."

Tian Chou was startled.Xuzhou is an important military location, so Tao Bei sent him to sit in the town in person.Xuzhou has lost, but Zhu Nao is not in a hurry to get it back?

He thought for a while, and asked cautiously: "Does Your Majesty want to surrender the Huainan Army?"

Junao shook his head.He didn't explain too much to Tian Chou, but said: "I have some ideas on how to arrange General Tian's old department, but I haven't finalized it yet. Let General Tian have a look first. If the general has ideas, we can continue to discuss." Then he got up and went to the table and took out a list and handed it to Tian Chou.

What was written on the list was the arrangement of the official positions of Tian Chou's subordinates.Although those people lost Xuzhou, Zhu Nao still treated them kindly according to his previous promise to Tian Chou, and did not care about their faults.Of course, he also dispersed these troops, which was a necessary means of dealing with them, so as not to keep them in a group and become an uncontrollable force for the court of Shu.

And he took out this arrangement now, not only to reassure Tian Chou, but also to appease those Xuzhou troops, lest they disobey the command in Xuzhou because of greed and spoil the plan.

After reading the list, Tian Chou felt a lot more at ease, and couldn't help admiring Zhu Nao's generosity and thorough understanding of people's hearts again.

He respectfully said: "Everything is done according to His Majesty's wishes."