Chapter 752

Fengping city is 360 miles away from Qingyuan City. As one of the two largest cities in the northernmost part of Nanyan, it has always been a strategic place. The city's leader Zhu Baotian has also experienced the demise of the Shang state. He is 70 years old and can fight in armor. It is said that he has the ability to wear Yang in a hundred steps.

Zhu Jiaben was a famous family in the Shang Dynasty. He had four prime ministers and seven generals, and there were countless officials below the fourth grade. Such a famous family is much more deeply rooted than Fu Zhengnan's family. The Zhu family now controls not only a Fengping City, but also a big city in the south of Dali. Zhu Chijian, the Prime Minister of Nanyan, is Zhu Butian's nephew, and is already 50 years old.

This kind of big family with internal power and external military power has always been a double-edged sword for the royal family. If you use it well, you can stabilize the country. If you don't use it well, it is the foundation of destroying the country.

However, the Zhu family never thought of seizing the throne of Nanyan, because they knew that the throne of Nanyan emperor was not easy to sit. Speaking of Murong shame, the throne is also a little awkward. The imperial court's order is thousands of miles around Dali city. It really involves the interests of aristocratic families. The emperor's order to put it down to each city is of no use at all.

The reason why they knew at the beginning that Murong shame was not the prince of the great merchant, but also agreed with him to be the emperor was that as long as someone was the emperor, they could exploit their interests. If someone in the local family stands up to claim the emperor, it will immediately become the enemy of several other families.

It's a good thing for all families to have a weak man as an emperor.

Zhu Baotian was a great general when he was in the state of Shang, but his character was a little gloomy. When the Sui army fought a decisive battle with the Shang army along the Yangtze River, the emperor of Shang urgently transferred his army back to Yongzhou from the south to defend the capital, but Zhu Baotian refused to start. He was worried that once he led his troops back, his military power would be taken back by the emperor immediately.

When Luo Yao led his troops straight to Yongzhou, the emperor of the state of Shang issued 13 orders to let Zhu Baotian come back, but he didn't start.

It was not just him. At the beginning, few generals in the southern part of the country were willing to take troops back. At that time, the Shang state was on the verge of disintegration. Even without the troops of the great Sui Dynasty, the Shang state could not last for more than a few years. Local rich and powerful families support soldiers and respect themselves, and are not subject to the decrees of the imperial court. However, the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty was still a layman, and he was obsessed with two things in his life.

One is immortality, the other is ink painting.

Because of the former, he spent at least ten days a month in the alchemy furnace, studying how to live long with a group of he wizards. For the remaining twenty days, nineteen days he was singing poems and painting with a group of literati. However, the emperor's calligraphy and painting are indeed very elegant. When the great Sui Dynasty was peaceful a few years ago, an authentic painting of the Fallen King of the Shang state was worth at least 50000 liang of silver. As for the best work, it is priceless.

Even if the Sui Dynasty is chaotic now, whoever holds a copy of his authentic work is enough to ensure that he has no worries about eating and drinking all his life.

What the emperor likes, the people below will like it. So much so that the whole court of the Shang Dynasty was full of chaos. The status of the he people in the Shang Dynasty was higher than that of the Han people. As for wizards, they were above officials. Such a country, if it can last forever, is a miracle.

After the fall of the Shang state, Zhu Baotian never left Fengping city. Later, murongyi usurped the throne and invited him to attend the ceremony in Dali city. He didn't go. But even so, Murong shame did not dare to offend the big man with a heavy army. Over the past few decades, Zhu Baotian's status has become more detached. He is now the oldest person in the Zhu family. Even if Zhu, as prime minister, sees him, he will salute future generations.

But it happened that such an old man had a good private relationship with Fu Zhengnan.

It is said that the two of them often get together and travel together. They are friends who forget their years.

So before leaving, Fu Zhengnan wrote him a letter.

This letter was in the hands of Fang Xie, who did not send someone to deliver it to Zhu Baotian.

"General, why don't you open that letter?"

Chen Xiaoru asked curiously.

"Look, Fu Zhengnan's family can't go to the fishing village alive. Since I let him go, I didn't think about intercepting him halfway. But this letter is definitely not to persuade Zhu Baotian to surrender. Nine times out of ten, Fu Zhengnan reminded Zhu Baotian what to pay attention to and how to keep Feng Ping."

"Ah?"

Chen Xiaoru was slightly stunned: "this Fu Zhengnan is too brave. He's not afraid that his actions will harm his family?"

Fang Xie smiled: "such a person always has something in his heart that he can't give up. For example, his family, he would rather die than give up. He and Zhu Baotian are friends who forget their years, so he would rather offend me than give up this opportunity to remind Zhu Baotian how to guard me. He used his own experience of defeat as an example to let Zhu Baotian guard against his mistakes."

"It's better to get rid of this man."

Chen Xiaoru said uneasily, "he's afraid he can't stand the ordinary life. He always wants to make a comeback."

"Not necessarily."

Fang Xie said, "when he wrote, he just thought it was what he should do. So I admire this man. He is a very clear person. He can die for his family, and he can even give up his family for his friends. Such people are rare. Let me do good deeds and leave a little purity for the world."

"Can we really cheat Kaifeng Pingcheng gate?"

"Can't cheat"

Fang Xie said, "Zhu Baotian is very resourceful. At the age of 70, he can still go to battle in armor. There are few means to hide him after more than 50 years of ups and downs in officialdom."

"Aren't the people we sent to deceive him into sending rescuers useless?"

Chen Xiaoru was even more puzzled.

Fang Xie asked those literati to imitate Fu Zhengnan's handwriting and forge a handwritten letter from Fu Zhengnan. He sent someone to Feng Ping and asked Zhu Baotian to send troops to help. The Xiaoqi school with the forged handwritten letter has set out, but because of this, Chen Xiaoru wonders why the general should make such arrangements since he knows he can't cheat Zhu Baotian.

"Useful."

Fang Xie smiled: "There is a kind of person in the world who will do something even though he knows he may be deceived. Fu Zhengnan can write that letter for Zhu Baotian at the risk of offending me and even harming his family. It is precisely because he thinks Zhu Baotian is a friend who can make friends. Such understanding and such ideas are often mutual. Fu Zhengnan treats Zhu Baotian with sincerity God, nine times out of ten Zhu will do the same to him. "

"Therefore, even if Zhu Baotian clearly suspects that this letter is false, he will still send troops. It is no accident that what kind of people become friends with what kind of people. We broke Qingyuan City too fast. Zhu Baotian doesn't know the news until it is too fast. If we break the city four or five days later, the reinforcements from Fengping city will surely arrive."

Chen Xiaoru frowned and thought for a while, and finally understood.

"It's good to have such a friend."

Fang Xie said, "Zhu Baotian values Fu Zhengnan, so he must send troops to save him. As long as his men and horses go out of the city, no matter how many they come out, they are the next thing we will swallow. Trying to kill the enemy's troops outside the city will not be harmful to the future siege."

"My subordinates understand!"

Chen Xiaoru nodded: "are we going to pull out?"

"Well"

Fang Xie nodded: "I'm leaving tonight. I asked Chen Dingnan to lead the troops out of the city. The first reason is to pretend to confuse the Scouts of Fengping city. It's less than three days since we besieged the city and broke the city. Qingyuan City and Fengping city are 360 miles apart. If the news spreads fast enough, three days is enough. Zhu Baotian who heard the news will immediately send scouts here to inquire about the news and determine Fu Zhengnan's life and death, so I Will let Chen Dingnan Xiahou and Qin yuan out of the city. "

"Second, it's to drive... Chen Dingnan's men and horses set out tonight. I asked Xia hou to send half of his cavalry to his camp. It doesn't look like there are a lot of people missing. Qingqi marched westward at night. I told Chen Dingnan to run 80 miles this night. There is a valley 80 miles away. If Fengping's men and horses want to come to support, they must go here. When they get out of the valley, it's the best place to raid."

Chen Xiaoru rubbed his eyebrows and said that his mind was not enough to lead the army. Working with Xiaoqi school and leading the army to fight are two concepts. Chen Xiaoru is smart enough and safe enough, but he is a person with local careful thinking and makes the best of his talents in doing Xiaoqi school. The overall view is not good enough to lead the army.

"Let's wait for news?"

Chen Xiaoru asked.

"Unequal"

Fang Xie smiled and said mysteriously, "there's another thing more important than Chen Dingnan's ambush. Let Wei Xiting come to see me. It's time to ask him how many good things there are in the Treasury of Qingyuan City."

Chen Xiaoru was really not good at military affairs, so he didn't think much about it. When he left the city master's house, he couldn't help but be curious. Finally, he took out the letter Fang Xie asked him to put away temporarily and opened it. The more he looked, the more frightened he became. Every word and sentence in the letter didn't surprise Fang Xie's expectation. It was all a reminder of what Zhu Butian should guard against. He even mentioned that he would never send troops to rescue Qingyuan City

After reading this letter, Chen Xiaoru was surprised to find a cold sweat on his back.

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Yangtze River Bank

Yang Jian looked at the surging river and shook his head: "I started from the northeast and fought all the way from the northeast to the north of the Yangtze River, then to Chang'an, and then to the northwest. I fought down the territory north of the Yangtze River. But I've never been to the south of the Yangtze River.

Fluttering tiger nodded and didn't speak.

At that time, he fought with Yang Jian. When the great Sui Dynasty was founded, the territory was less than half of what it is now. The whole Jiangnan was defeated by General Li Xiao during the reign of Emperor Taizong, and the southwest Taoism was defeated only during the reign of emperor Zhenzong. The embezzlement of half of the rivers and mountains in the eastern Chu, the determination of ManJiang in the north, and the expansion of Qiang in the West were the achievements of the emperors of the great Sui Dynasty.

He could hear from Yang Jian's tone that there was a sense of sadness, but more pride.

"The national strength of the great Sui Dynasty was not enough for me to continue to move south. I regretted that I failed to calm the south of the Yangtze River at that time. Later, I encouraged my son to know others and make good use of them. The boy of the Li family was really a genius. My sons and daughters of the great Sui Dynasty were all the generation of tigers and wolves, and it was natural to destroy Nanchen."

What he said about mian'er was Yang Jiding, Emperor Taizong of the Sui Dynasty, whose nickname was mian'er.

"I've always regretted that I didn't settle Jiangnan myself, so God gave me another chance."

Yang Jian stood by the river, looked at the warships far away from the river and said, "even if there are some small obstacles, what can I do? They all say that the Yangtze River is a natural graben. If my son can jump over it, I can't?"

The tiger opened his mouth, but said nothing.

He just suddenly felt that the taste seemed to have changed with his eldest brother. If he had said such heroic words before, he would have followed his heart. But this time, there was no grandeur in his heart, only sadness.

South Bank of Yangtze River

Luo Tu looked down at the knife hanging on his waist, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.

"It's a pity... I only practiced the heaven swallowing skill taught by Li Qingfeng to the seventh level, but I couldn't fully absorb the cultivation of spreading and covering the sky. If I could completely absorb it, I should be able to enter the bright upper realm, even if I stepped on the near heaven realm. How can I beat the old immortal with my current cultivation?"

Ye Jinnan stood beside him, silent.

"However, I'll deal with things on the battlefield. Tonggu academy should do something to deal with the old and immortal thing. Wanxingchen's sword killed all the old perverts on the surface, and it's time to come out and breathe in the dark. This is really a big era... Let's die, and it's my turn."

Luo Tu picked up the corners of his mouth and smiled, so publicized.