Chen Zhihua stroked the neatly tidy beard and looked at the two veterans with a smile: "How can you not borrow the road? Let him go to Guanzicheng and let him go to Yanzhou."

"General, this person took 20,000 people from under our noses. Whether in Guanzi City or in Yanzhou in the future, it will cause us great trouble again. Now, they have become dirty with Xu Jun, disagree with generals and uneven military morale. Wouldn't it be the best time for us to take them down and solve the problem in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be better to leave the problem for the future?" Suqian did not agree with this method similar to the way to pass the tiger back to the mountain.

"If you say that you think this battle will be easily won by us if we fight Zhu Ruofan?" Chen Zhihua asked.

Suqian thought about it and said honestly: "It's hard to say. Judging from the situation our messenger said when he came back, Zhu Ruofan's will is still very high, but apart from this matter, it's hard to say how much it can be maintained."

"Yes, I can't say it." Chen Zhihua nodded: "Don't forget that this time they are local wars, and Zhu Ruofan's subordinates are all locals in Laizhou, which is destined to not be easily defeated. Since there is a more relaxed way, why should we choose the difficult one?"

"Let them go away like this, just avoiding the moment, and this hard bone will still be there in the future."

"I may not be here again in the future!" Chen Zhihua said with a smile.

"How do you say this?" Suqian was puzzled.

"Does the general mean that Zhu Ruofan led his team to leave Laizhou. After arriving in Yanzhou, their combat effectiveness would definitely decline?" Lu Dayuan thought for a while, and realized that it made sense, and then continued: "And by that time, Laizhou must have fallen into our hands, and his soldiers were from Laizhou. We will inevitably have more opportunities to get on and offend."

Chen Zhihua laughed: "This is just one of them. Two generals, we must look at the longer-term perspective now. We should not only focus on Laizhou in front of us, but on the entire Red River Basin to consider it. You must know that the task given to us by Your Majesty is to occupy the entire Red River Basin and cut Qi into half."

"The general might as well say it more carefully." Su Qian bowed and said.

"Zhu Ruofan's move was forced to do nothing." Chen Zhihua said: "Xu Junsheng's move undoubtedly betrayed the entire Laizhou soldiers, which made Zhu Ruofan's subordinates angry. Zhu Ruofan also knew very well that if he could not defend the southern city, he would retreat to the northern city. Now, can he go? Not only would he not be able to become a helper after the past, but there would be internal strife, so what he could think of was leaving."

"Leave helplessly!" Suqian laughed.

"But no matter what the reason Zhu Ruofan left, as long as he left, he would immediately become an alien in the Qi court, which was tantamount to betrayal in Xu Junsheng's eyes. But the Qi court was still not good at treating him at this moment. He still had 20,000 troops in his hand, but Yanzhou is now weak. As soon as Zhu Ruofan entered, he would immediately control the situation in Yanzhou, so the Qi court had to rely on him. Are this interesting? "

"Didn't it mean that the Qi people have transferred reinforcements from Liaodong to come?"

"Will the reinforcements from Liaodong arrive in Yanzhou at that time? It is not necessarily because at this time, the Qi court was suing Zhu Ruofan, and Zhu Ruofan would not be worried that the court would deal with him? Even if he is selfless and broad, what about his subordinates?" Chen Zhihua smiled and said, "When there is a rift between people, even a small crack, even a little crack will become larger and larger with the passage of time. Some things that were harmless in the past that could even be passed by were laughed at would be magnified unlimitedly, and even conjured up endless possibilities."

"Wouldn't you be tired of seeing each other?" Guan Zhen on the side said with a frown. "In this way, it will be easier for us to occupy that place where Zhu Ruofan is in the future, because it can be imagined that since the Qi court began to suspect him, it will inevitably control him in terms of logistics, military equipment, etc., and it can be imagined that there will be no reinforcements for him."

"Even if you send him reinforcements, will Zhu Ruofan dare to ask for them?" Lu Dayuan spread his hands and said.

The people in the room laughed.

"So we really have to give it to him." Suqian understood it completely. "It's still the general who thought far."

Chen Zhihua sighed: "This Zhu Ruofan can actually be considered a hero, but this hero is destined to be sad. Look at it, he will be like a mouse in a bellows in the future, and both ends will not fall into place. In the end, the outcome will definitely not be good. What a pity."

"I have been fighting him for so long. To be honest, I really admire him. See if I can find a way to surrender him in the future." Suqian said.

Chen Zhihua shook his head and said, "I advise you not to worry about this. This person will not surrender to us. In the end, he will be incompatible with his subordinates. You can imagine what the outcome will be."

"Zhu Ruofan is like this, but I don't know if Shi Shusheng and Ma Baozi can bring Ding Shengming here. This person has been in power in Laizhou for many years. If he can surrender to us this time, it will be crucial for us to completely take over Laizhou and future governance of Laizhou, and make Laizhou the rear base camp for us to attack the Red River Basin." Suqian looked out the window, worried about gains and losses.

"Don't worry, they will definitely bring Ding Shengming back." Chen Zhihua said: "Unlike Zhu Ruofan, Ding Shengming lacked Zhu Ruofan's determination. It can be seen from the fact that he arranged for someone to secretly move his family to my Ming Dynasty before the war that this person was not optimistic about the future of Qi. This may be related to his witnessing the destruction of the Qi Navy. Since he had the intention to leave a way out, he did not have the intention to die. It would be much easier to surrender to him."

The people in the room nodded repeatedly.

"After Ding's remarks come, everyone should respect him very much. This person is very useful to us." Chen Zhihua said: "Don't be despised by him just because he is a surrender. Judging from the actions of this person earlier, he is still a very shameful person. He swayed from side to side between survival and integrity, and finally chose such an inappropriate method. If you look down on him, this person may die in shame, and then we will suffer a great loss."

"Don't worry, General. After we come, we promise to worship him as our ancestor." Guan Zhen said with a smile.

"There's no need, just treat him normally." Chen Zhihua said.

"By the way, General, just talked about the navy, we found Ning Zefeng's family in Laizhou." Guan Zhen said: "This matter is a bit tricky, I don't know what to do?"

"Ning Zefeng's family?" Chen Zhihua was also surprised.

Guan Zhen nodded: "My subordinates broke through a farm and captured the people inside. When they saw that they were Ning Zefeng's family and some old subordinates from the past."

Chen Zhihua was silent for a moment and said, "Escort them on the boat back to the Ming Dynasty and leave it to Minister Ning. No matter what, this is their Ning family affairs. We are not easy to argue with, and it is not good to do anything. We can only do this. I said Guan Zhen, when I discovered that they were Ning Zefeng's family, you can't treat it as if you don't know and let them die on their own? Now I'm getting a hot potato in my hand."

Guan Zhen shrank back: "I didn't think so much at that time, but I just thought that no matter what, they were all relatives of Commander Ning. This was a messy war, and it wouldn't be good if I died outside. Until I brought them back, I thought about it and felt it was not easy to deal with it."

Chen Zhihua snorted. Since he had taken this hot potato in his hand, he was afraid he could only hold it. Who knew what Ning Zeyuan was thinking? He could only pretend to be a fool and sent it back to Yuejing City.

Xu Junsheng came to the bridgehead of Laizhou, separated by a bridge, but at this time it seemed to be thousands of miles away for him. He did not cross the bridge in the end, because when he arrived, he saw a brigade of soldiers coming from the other side of the bridge.

He felt tight and almost thought that Zhu Ruofan's subordinates had mutinized, but then they saw clearly that the general who led the lead was the person he brought.

"General!" Seeing Xu Junsheng, the general ran over with a nervous look on his face and anxious look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Xu Junsheng asked anxiously.

The general swallowed, "General Zhu is leaving, we are unwilling to go with him, so he sent him back."

"Let's go? Where did he go?" Xu Junsheng's face turned pale in an instant. "He wants to surrender to Mingren?"

"No!" the general shook his head and said, "They are planning to go to Guanzi City."

"If you want to go to Guanzi City, you have to pass the Mingren controlled area. Do you still say that he has not surrendered to Mingren?" Xu Junsheng roared.

"General, General Zhu did not surrender to Mingren. When he negotiated terms with the envoy of Mingren, I was there. General Zhu said that either give him a way and he goes to Guanzi City, or everyone will fight to the death. Mingren agreed to him."

Xu Junsheng took a few breaths, pushed the general away, and walked towards the other end of the bridge. The general was anxious and grabbed Xu Junsheng, "General, where are you going?"

"I'll go and persuade him to come back." Xu Junsheng sternly said, "What are you trying to pull me? Zhu Ruofan is loyal to Daqi, what will he do to me?"

"General, General Zhu does not do anything to you, but his subordinates may be." The general said anxiously: "Even if he left Guanzi City, I see General Zhu was also supported by his subordinates. I am afraid that General Zhu would be worried that he would not agree, and these people would surrender directly to the Ming army. You must not go there. Even if General Zhu had not spoken to us, we would not have come back."

Xu Junsheng sighed to the sky. He never thought that things would come to this point? Xu Junsheng was devoted to the country, and Zhu Ruofan was also dedicated to the country. But why did the two loyal people go their separate ways at the most critical moment and cannot work together?

He turned around and walked back. Before he could take two steps, a cavalry rushed over, "General, no, the governor of Ding Jun was robbed."

Xu Junsheng suddenly became dumbfounded.
Chapter completed!