Zhu Nao

The news of Ma Shu repelling the Xuzhou army in Xuzhou was reported back to Jiangning Mansion, which also caused a sensation in Chen Guo's court.

Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng were sitting in the carriage, Xie Wuchen's face was quite ugly.

He said coldly: "I have said long ago that your brother-in-law is ambitious and has a bad plan. Letting him out and giving him the right to form an army is just breeding tigers! He has only been in Huainan for a few months? Send out an army of thousands of people! It's good now, he has soldiers and horses, and he has a territory, who can control him!"

Xie Wuchen came from an extraordinary background, and he looked down on children from poor families since he was a child.Over the years, he has never had a good look towards the horse bundle. When Han Rushan decided to release the horse bundle, he had clearly opposed it.Now all the things he was worried about had happened.

It stands to reason that it should be a good thing for Chen Guo that Ma Shu captured Xuzhou.But Xie Wuchen didn't think so.It was obvious that Ma Shu and his Huainan Army had escaped the control of the Chen State court, and he was still part of the Chen State in name only, but in fact he was an independent army that had ceded the territory for itself.So what is the difference between Xuzhou being controlled by Tian Chou or Ma Shu?Even being controlled by the horse bundle made him feel more responsive, and he always felt that the villain had achieved his ambition.

Liu Jingfeng spread his hands innocently: "What are you doing to me? It's not that I want to send him to Huainan..."

Xie Wuchen gave him a blank look.

Liu Jingfeng became more and more helpless.In fact, he doesn't like Ma Shu either. First, this person is too deep in the city, which makes people instinctively want to stay away from him; second, this person caused him to be angered by Xie Wuchen, which is an unforgivable crime!

As for the decision to send horses outside Huainan, although it was proposed by Han Rushan, it was finally approved by the dignitaries.This does not mean that all the dignitaries support this decision, it is just a compromise decision they made after some wrestling and disputes.

There are some dignitaries in Chen Guo, such as Xie Wuchen, who look down on Ma Shu from the bottom of their hearts, and hate Ma Shu's ambition to seize power, and just want to kick him out of the court as soon as possible; there are also some people who think that Ma Shu is indeed a useful talent , may be able to use him to hinder the enemy from destroying Chen Guo, and also has some interests involved with Ma Shu, so he is advocated to continue to use him.

The two factions were at loggerheads, and finally came up with a compromise plan, which was to throw him to Henan according to his own wishes. It would be good if he could make some achievements, but if he couldn't, he would be out of sight.

But it turns out that everyone was wrong.

Not long after, the carriage stopped, and Liu Jingfeng jumped out of the carriage first, reaching out his hand to help Xie Wuchen off the carriage.Xie Wuji passed him directly, jumped out of the car and walked towards the palace.

Liu Jingfeng stumbled and sighed: "I'm wronged, I'm really wronged! It's all right, what does it have to do with me?"

Today, he squeezed into Xie Wuchen's carriage with a shameless face, just to coax Xie Wuchen well.It's a pity that it took a lot of effort, but it was useless to cover his cold butt with his hot face.

But he got used to it, shook his head, and quickly chased after him.

Xie Wuchen and Liu Jingfeng came to the palace today to discuss with the various families how they should deal with the matter of Ma Shu.When they came to the Royal Bamboo Forest in the palace, many descendants of aristocratic families had already arrived first.After waiting for a while, everyone arrived.

Han Rushan said: "My dear friends must have heard that a few days ago, General Jianwu repelled the Xuzhou army and captured the Tongshan area. The two sides are now confronting each other near Tongshan."

He paused for a moment, feeling a little guilty, and his voice became softer: "General Jianwu asked the imperial court for food, grass and military subsidies. I wonder what you guys think?"

He felt guilty because he was the one who first proposed to let the horse harness out, and he knew that many people present were not satisfied with this matter.

Sure enough, Xie Wuchen was the first to object: "Ma Shu is a wolf with ambitions. Since he arrived in Huainan, he has been monopolizing everything, accumulating money without authorization, and raising troops by himself. He has not reported it to the court! Even when he launched an offensive against Xuzhou, For such a big matter, the imperial court has not been consulted! Now that he is not punished for the crime of treason, should he continue to feed tigers?"

Some of his words were extreme, but some were true.It was Han Rushan's authority to let Ma Shu raise his own soldiers and horses. Now that he had formed an army, he had to raise military expenses.These were originally allowed by the imperial court, but Ma Shu did not report the truth, which caused even the children of these aristocratic families to realize that he had thousands of soldiers and horses after he captured Xuzhou!

During the banquet, someone coughed and objected: "Xie Qi, this is not appropriate. Although Ma Shu has something wrong, he is still from our Chen country. He has made meritorious service by taking Xuzhou. At this time Wouldn't it be a joke to spread the word that he should be punished regardless of meritorious deeds?"

Xie Wuchen retorted: "Is he really for our country of Chen? When the Shu army's army is in the line, is he still from the country of Chen?!"

The man was startled, and the atmosphere at the table suddenly became tense.

Although the children of these aristocratic families are as careless as Liu Jingfeng, after a long time in the officialdom, most of them still have the ability to distinguish right from wrong.Whether this horse beam is a loyal minister or not, everyone can see clearly.Everyone can see what kind of selfishness he has.

After a while, an elder said: "Even though he has bad intentions, he has now established himself in Huainan and conquered the territory of Xuzhou. If we suppress him, we will only push him to the people of Shu; It can also let him guard the frontier for Chen Guo."

Elders are calmer and more objective in their analysis.The fact that the harness was out of their control is indisputable.But at least Ma Shu has not betrayed Chen Guo clearly, so there is room for mediation in this matter.If you give him money and food, and win over him emotionally, he should still be willing to continue working for Chen Guo.

Of course, some people objected: "As Xie Qi said, this person is too ambitious and must not be tolerated. We should not give him military expenses, but let him fight with Tian Chou's soldiers and horses and send troops to take over Xuzhou. It's the best policy."

Another person said: "Even if we go to win him over, if the Shu people also go to win him over, how will he choose? I'm afraid that at that time, no matter how much money we give him for food and military expenses, it will become a boost for him to join the enemy!"

These words awakened the dreamer, and there was a gasp in the room.That's right, Ma Shu's deeds are all in order to obtain a bright future. Can the future given to him by the State of Chen be compared with the future given to him by the State of Shu?So the point now is not whether they should suppress Ma Shu or win over Ma Shu, but how the Shu people will treat Ma Shu!

"Damn it!" Xie Wuchen angrily took a few pictures.

Although the dignitaries of the Chen Kingdom were close and harmonious on weekdays, people's ideas were not the same.There were differences of opinion on how to deal with Ma Shu before.As for how to view the Shu Kingdom, everyone has their own calculations in their hearts.Some people just want to procrastinate for a while, and when they can't procrastinate, they bow their heads to the Kingdom of Shu and strive to continue enjoying the glory and wealth.Some people are absolutely unwilling to surrender to Shu.

Xie Wuchen is the latter.His hatred for Xie Wuji cannot be resolved no matter what!If given the chance, he would definitely thank Wuji for his third brother!

The crowd fell into a stalemate again, so they had to split up and send people to test Ma Shu's attitude and inquire about the Shu people's attitude at the same time.

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At the foot of Copper Mountain.

Xiao Jiazheng looked at a letter solemnly, while several officers in front of him waited eagerly.

Finally, Xiao Jia finished reading the letter, and everyone quickly asked, "General, what did Mr. Tian say?"

Xiao Jia handed over the letter and motioned everyone to read it for themselves: "Mr. Tian told us that we don't have to worry about regaining the lost ground, we just need to put pressure on the Huainan Army."

Everyone hurriedly took the letter and gathered around to watch it.

After reading it, the officers were both surprised and delighted: "Your Majesty has an appointment for us?" "Mr. Tian really hasn't forgotten us!"

The letter announced Zhu Nao's appointment to everyone. If it was before, these officers might still be dissatisfied, hoping to be more respected.But after making such a big mistake of losing Xuzhou, they all lost the courage to bargain.Now that they can still be employed by Zhu Nao, and their power has not been reduced too much, they are already satisfied.

An officer asked: "Then will our attack plan continue tomorrow?"

Xiao Jia was dissatisfied: "Aren't you illiterate? Mr. Tian has given the order, so why should we continue?"

As Zhu Nao expected, these officers of the Xuzhou Army have been brooding after losing Xuzhou. They launched a counterattack within two days after being beaten away by the Huainan Army, trying to regain their positions.But Ma Shu repaired the fortifications in time, and their officers were impatient, but the soldiers couldn't empathize with them, so the counterattack still failed.

So they learned from the pain, spent a period of time to boost morale, and conducted a serious investigation of the Huainan Army. They originally planned to annihilate the Huainan Army tomorrow.Tian Chou's letter stopped them in time.

Xiao Jia walked around the spot twice, and said: "The offensive plan is cancelled. Since Mr. Tian asked us to put pressure on them, from today onwards, we will continue to send a small group of people to harass them, and we must let that Ma I can't sit or lie down, I can't eat or swallow!"

Everyone took orders and got busy to make arrangements.

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The other side of Copper Mountain.

After a busy day, Ma Shu returned to the barracks in the afternoon, and was about to eat something to satisfy his hunger, when suddenly a soldier rushed in: "General Jianwu, it's not good, the enemy is attacking us from the north!"

"What?" The horse bundle jumped up, grabbed the saber and left, "How many people are here? How did they get around to the north? How is the situation now?"

The soldier couldn't explain clearly either, he just stammered and said that he had received the information, but the person who reported it didn't make it clear.

When Ma Shu arrived at the scene of the incident, he breathed a sigh of relief: he knew that the enemy army had been stepping up their military training recently, and the spies sent to inquire about the news had not stopped.He also thought that the enemy army suddenly launched a full-scale attack on them, but in the end they just sent a small group of people, beat them up and then withdrew, and did not cause them much loss.

However, after letting out a sigh of relief, Ma Shu began to feel his scalp tightening again: After all, these Huainan soldiers were recruits, and their abilities were still a bit weak, and they didn't find out until they were beaten to the door by the enemy.Moreover, the Xuzhou army has always been ruthless, and has always looked at him across the Tongshan Mountain, obviously not giving up on taking back Xuzhou.

It was like a knife hanging over his head and it made him extremely uneasy.

Ma Shu gritted his teeth and asked, "How many days has it been since the recruitment notice was posted? How many people have come to apply now?"

The soldiers hurriedly said: "Back to the general, there are already dozens of people..."

"Only a few dozen people?!" Ma Shu said angrily, "pass on my order, every household with two or more males must have one of them join the army! They must gather within ten days!"

The soldier said in surprise: "This... this is not good..."

This has changed from recruitment to mandatory conscription.

Ma Shu said coldly: "The enemy is right next to the couch, how can we sleep peacefully? Do as I want! Also, send someone back to the court to urge and ask for military expenses!" Originally, the military expenses came from the enemy himself. Fang raised it, but with the war and the expansion of the army, the money he got himself was obviously not enough.

Since the ability of the army is not enough, he will fill it with human life.Thousands of people are not enough, just tens of thousands, he insists on capturing Xuzhou!Whoever has worked so hard to climb up, no one can beat him down again!