Chapter 699: Choose sides
Looking at the boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in front of him, Zhu Chi's eyes narrowed down with a smile.
"Youzhen, you're so polite, so polite. How can you be so embarrassed? I know, your life is not easy?" He said embarrassedly, but his hands rubbed the colorful jewelry for a long time, and the greed in his eyes could not be concealed.
"Uncle San, they are all worthless things! Give them to Uncle San to give them to others." Zhu Youzhen smiled happily: "Uncle San must also know that this time in Qingzhou, my nephew still earns a little."
He closed the lid of the box and Zhu Chi smiled and said, "How could you gain something? It's a great reward. The court has greatly appreciated what you did in Qingzhou! It's a stroke of magic, especially keeping Tai'an, which is a great thing for us."
"Tai'an is still under great military pressure." Zhu Youzhen said.
"I know, I know." Zhu Chi nodded repeatedly.
While talking, an official walked in and whispered a few words in Zhu Chi's ear. Zhu Chi's face changed slightly, and he looked at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Youzhen, what do you mean? Thousands of cavalrymen did not have the will of His Majesty, but entered Xuanwu Defense Zone without authorization. This made me feel very embarrassed!"
Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Uncle San, I'm going to tell you that this 5,000 cavalry is just the vanguard, and then there will be 15,000 infantrymen to enter Xuanwu area."
"What do you want to do?" Zhu Chi frowned: "You also know that your father is not very satisfied with you now. He finally made a difference in Qingzhou, which made your father happy, but he had no intention to enter Xuanwu. This is a big taboo! As far as I know, your father's original intention is to let you launch a counterattack in time and recover the Pinglu area."
Zhu Youzhen sighed, "Uncle San, can't you even see this? Someone deliberately wanted to frame his nephew! Seeing that his nephew finally gathered up some soldiers, he became jealous again, wanting me to lose all his strength again!"
Zhu Chi's eyes flashed, and Zhu Youzhen's words pointed out, of course he understood who it was.
After coughing twice, Zhu Chi laughed and said, "The Tang army's left guard just experienced an earthquake, and a large number of middle and senior generals were cleaned up. The morale of the army was unstable. You Yong took over the position of General Zuo Xiaowei. It is difficult to integrate the left guard in a short period of time. The right guard was transferred from Mozhou, and it was naturally extremely hard to work. The two armies handed over the defense zone, and chaos was inevitable, so some people in the court suggested launching a counterattack, which was not wrong."
Zhu Youzhen sneered: "The person who said this is really behind closed doors and it depends entirely on imagination. Does anyone know more about Pinglu than me? The left guard of the Tang army was indeed very shocking, but it was limited to Qin Zhao's central army and Jin Shiyuan's subordinates. Whether it is Li Hao or Cheng Xu, these two troops were very stable. The right guard was indeed a new arrival, but Chen Changping's troops had arrived long before the Battle of Pinglu began. These three troops had nearly 20,000 elite Tang troops, and what they were guarding against was my counterattack. You said, can the little manpower I have in my hands be their opponent?"
"Didn't you say you have gathered tens of thousands of people?" Zhu Chi asked.
"My third uncle!" Zhu Youzhen shouted: "Some people gathered, but some young and strong people rushed to the army. They trained for more than a month. Do you think that bringing these people to counterattack will not give the Tang army a head or a credit?"
Zhu Chi looked at the boxes of jewelry on the ground and laughed: "That's right. You don't have to worry too much. Isn't the court still controversial? Jingxiang strongly opposed it, so Your Majesty is still hesitating. But it's better not to enter Xuanwu for your troops, as this will make Your Majesty unhappy."
"This requires the help of the third uncle." Zhu Youzhen lowered his voice and said, "As long as the third uncle gave a note, those who wanted their nephew to go to Tang Jun to die, naturally they would have no words."
Zhu Chi's eyes flashed: "What do you want me to do?"
"You just say that Wu Ning and Pang Xun had abnormal movements." Zhu Youzhen said.
Zhu Chi was shocked: "What do you mean?"
"Wu Ning Pang Xun, I have always been in harmony with my appearance and have been indifferent to my heart." Zhu Youzhen said: "My nephew is going to take him down in one fell swoop."
Zhu Chi was shocked and said, "Aren't you making a fuss? No matter what, Pang Xun still surrendered to me, Daliang, and there was no significant rebellion. Aren't you giving someone a handle?"
"When I completely take down Wuning, those people will naturally have nothing to say." Zhu Youchi smiled cruelly: "A strategic location like Wuning is in the hands of the Zhu family, which is much better for Daliang than a person like Pang Xun. As long as the fait accompli, there will be no sound left. The third uncle and nephew also want a place to live. Tai'an is too small to accommodate me."
Zhu Chi immediately understood, what Pang Xun had the opposite intention? It was his nephew who wanted to get a place of his own territory. I think so, now the boss of the Zhu family has just captured the east road of Shannan, and Dai Chao's Gunhai can also be regarded as his territory. The second brother of the Zhu family has captured the west road of Shannan, which is the third brother who has defeated in Luzhou. He is a three-no-person who has no soldiers, no territory. Of course, he can understand his thoughts of wanting a place of his own territory.
When everyone thought that the third prince was destroyed, he suddenly became a new force. With the help of the Battle of Pinglu initiated by the Tang army, he suddenly turned over again.
"Uncle San, Tai'an is now a piece of sandwich biscuit. The balance needs to be guarded by his flanks. The Tang army is eyeing him and wants to swallow it in one bite. It is Gunhai. Why don't you want to get a bargain? How can your nephew stay there?" Zhu Youzhen said. "We are in danger. As long as you take Wuning, your nephew will turn over. At that time, you will definitely not forget the third uncle's support. What is this little gold, silver and treasure? After taking Wuning, even if you want something ten times more, your nephew can easily serve it."
Zhu Chi's heart moved.
For him, he didn't have much ambitions, and now he was just a mellow wine and beautiful woman. He lived a happy life as a queen of Xuanwu.
The open and secret struggle between the three sons of the Zhu family is not a secret in Daliang. Zhu Youzhen could ignore it in the past, but now he has to pay attention to it for a while.
"What if you lose? Didn't you just say that your army is not strong in combat effectiveness just now?" Zhu Chi asked.
"My nephew still has a little bit of money to keep in mind." Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing when he saw the other party letting go: "I can't beat the Tang army, can't beat the group of waste from Wuning?"
"What if you lose?" Zhu Chi asked.
Zhu Youzhen looked at the other party and laughed maliciously: "Uncle San, if I lose and have nowhere to go, I can only stay in Xuanwu and refuse to leave."
Zhu Chi stared at Zhu Youzhen for a while before sighing, "Okay, you said, what do you want me to help you? It's not just a simple book, right?"
"Thank you, Uncle San." Zhu Youzhen said: "I need Uncle San to prepare enough food, enough ships, and enough war horses for me. In this battle, I have to make a fuss. I just need to take Xuzhou and take Pang Xun and Wuning. Even if I take it, other places can be decided by an edict."
"You will get it." Zhu Chi nodded, "In ten days, everything you need will be in place."
"Five days!" Zhu Youzhen stretched out a slap and said, "Soldiers are the most important, and I know the family of our Xuanwu. I take out five thousand people's equipment and supplies, which is a piece of cake for you."
"Three!" Zhu Chi looked at the other party with a serious expression and said, "You are completely trying to win the fire. If you win, you have just regained some capital. If you lose, you will be in no way regained. At that time, I'm afraid you can't even be a prince of Taiping. Have you ever thought about this question?"
"Uncle San, a real man stands in the world and fights from the middle. If he is a prince of Taiping and is waiting to die in chaos, then I might as well die now." Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath: "If things are done, I will definitely be rewarded to Uncle San. If I lose, I will not implicate Uncle San. At that time, Uncle San said that he was deceived by me and threatened by me, and he had to do it."
"That's it. Within three days, everything you want will be in place." Zhu Chi nodded.
"Thank you, Uncle San. I won't go to take Wuning this time. I will stay in Xuanwu and be a hostage for Uncle San. If my army loses, you can just lock me into Beijing." Zhu Youzhen left this sentence and left proudly.
"Why is this?" Zhu Chi shook his head and sighed.
After Zhu Youzhen left, a civil servant was transferred from the rear of the hall, who was Zhu Chi's most trusted aide Zhong Yuan.
"Zhong Yuan, you said that the third brother would never be willing to be in a vain, and you really thought it was hit by you. Are you saying that I am a good person and staying in peace? Why should I intervene in the fight between their brothers?"
"You are the three Your Highnesses who are in the dispute between the three nobles. As Xuanwu, you cannot escape or avoid it. You are a member of the Zhu clan and it is of interest to you!" Zhong Yuan said with a smile.
"Why did you advise me to bet on the third brother? No matter how you look at it, I think the boss has a better chance." Zhu Chi patted the boxes, "The boss gave me more things than the third brother."
"First, timely help can be more grateful than adding icing on the cake." Zhong Yuan smiled and said, "The Third Highness is the weakest now. If you help, you will get more rewards in the future. We can also benefit from it with you. Secondly, I believe in Jingxiang's vision. Jingxiang, Cao Xuan and Cao Shuai, who is not a person among the people, they all chose the Third Highness, for a reason."
"Are you sure they both chose the third brother?"
Chapter completed!