Chapter 411: The warm lights shine on the window lattice, and the sound of dysprosium is heard. Who is returning?
In Luyang, Central Plains, the bright sunshine heats up the city walls and roofs. The long streets are hot to the feet, and the sellers carrying burdens are selling their goods. In the sound, he walked quickly on the balls of his feet.
The streets and alleys we passed were bustling with people, and the restaurants were noisy. The waiters who took customers shouted loudly, and took the passers-by who stopped for a while to sit down, served tea, and introduced their own dishes.
The street stalls on both sides have calligraphy and painting porcelain bottles, as well as snack stalls. The uncovered pot lids and the fragrant soup attract the attention of people passing by.
“The Li family’s secret bone soup, a bowl of three cents, and a bite of pot-wrapped pork, you will be as happy as a god!”
"Ghost-written family letters, authentic Chinese fonts, one cross, bring your own paper!"
"Passing guests, take a look, take a look, the leather goods from Yandi, it is best to buy a few at this time , you can make a few coats in the winter!”
There are many people shouting and selling in the streets, and there are many people with spare money, weighing the coins in their wallets, squatting on the street, picking, and talking to the vendors. Ask for advice and bargain.
“Get out of the way!”
On the noisy long street, the bustling crowd suddenly retreated to both sides in panic. Several fast horses came from the direction of the imperial city and rushed through the busy and noisy city. Collect and head towards the south gate.
The presence of these commanding horses has become a strange thing for the people in the city. In the past few days, several groups of fast horses have passed by almost every day. If anyone is paying attention, there are already many six-wheeled carriages in the north of the city, and there are also official warehouses in the city. He put grain in the middle of the night, pulled it outside the city, and then drove into the night, unknown to where he went.
In the past two years, the Central Plains has been under great rule. After excluding those wealthy families, many people have fields in their hands. Although life is still tight, at least they have enough food and clothing. In a year of famine, the government will not I would just open a porridge shack and send them away like before.
Now only Wu and Yue are left in the south of the Huaijiang River. If there is any movement in Luyang, the people in the city can still feel that the young emperor living in the palace is about to take action.
Although the Qi and Liang countries in the northwest had just been conquered, only part of the grain was produced for the Central Plains. The burden on the shoulders of the people was not heavy, so naturally there were no complaints.
But now the atmosphere in the court became serious. Everyone knew that His Majesty was going to take action against the Kingdom of Wu. Some people originally wanted to dissuade them, but thinking of the sudden civil strife in the Kingdom of Yue, the emperor on the imperial throne had already Without any worries, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
The hot summer wind was howling and blowing the flags. In the front palace hall, Su Chen walked from the side hall. Amidst the roar of greetings from the civil and military officials, he walked up the imperial steps and pressed his hands on them.
"Excuse me, I have something to announce."
After arriving at the dragon case, Su Chen lifted the hem of his robe and sat on the dragon chair with his crown on his head. "I am going to use troops against Wu State. Some of you may jump out to dissuade me. Now I will make it clear that it is useless. I am going to take Dongwu. It is an ironclad matter. It is not easy for anyone to speak out. ."
Lu Bu was wearing a military uniform with black background and green edges, and he walked out of the queue, "Your Majesty, do you still need cavalry to fight Jiangdong?"
"... ...The cavalry probably won’t be needed much. Guan Junhou and Zhang Liao’s cavalry are enough. As for infantry, a thousand camps can withstand ten thousand soldiers and horses. The main battle is to focus on the rivers and seas, breaking through the east. Wu's warships on the water, and on land, ten Soochow troops are no match for the two armies of Yizhou and Bingzhou."
There are mostly military men in the main hall. This is related to the fact that Su Chen established the country with force. Of course, it is also related to the fact that there are too many generals under his command, which makes the civil servants seem weak.
But precisely because of this, the entire hall was filled with a murderous spirit that was unmatched by the Wei Kingdom in the past.
The old ministers of the Wei State such as Long Qiao, Yuan Feng and others have retreated to the second line. In their sight, the emperor Su Chen is sitting on the dragon throne, and the rows of seats on both sides below are Xiang Yu, Huo Qubing, Li Jing, Lu Bu, Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Zhang He, Ma Chao, Li Xuanba, Zhang Yi, Xu Huang, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Su Dingfang and other warriors. On the opposite side, Zhuge Liang, Jia Xu, Yuwen Chengdu were among them, as well as Zhou Yu, Gan Ning and the two generals they had never seen were temporarily at the bottom.
Being able to stand on both sides of the front, Long Qiao and Yuan Feng knew that they must have extraordinary abilities. Thinking about the two troops of Yizhou and Bingzhou that had already set off to Qingzhou, otherwise the court would There are still many generals standing.
The two veterans of the Wei State looked back at this moment and found that the Emperor of Xia had unknowingly gained many more generals. If there had been so many people here at the beginning, the Wei State might not have lasted even a month. If he doesn't, he'll be disabled.
Just as they were thinking, the emperor above them spoke.
"There are many waterways in Soochow, making it inconvenient for cavalry to attack. Yizhou and Bingzhou are enough to handle all wars on land." Su Chen raised his hand, and Zhou Yu and Gan Ning, who were the last warriors, walked together. He came out and stood in front of the imperial steps.
"The two generals have just arrived and have not become familiar with each other, so I will send you out on an expedition."
When he said this, he arched his head towards Zhou Yu and Gan Ning as if they were in the army. Hands, this made the two of them stunned. Xia Houyuan on the right smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it's like this. Over time, you'll get used to it."
The one who came first on both sides He helped the general and started to laugh, but in his smile, his eyes contained the murderous intention to destroy the country.
Above, Su Chen also smiled. For the famous Chinese generals, unlike the natives of this world, they were kings and ministers in front of outsiders. When they only had their own family members, Su Chen treated them as relatives.
Of course, forget it about An Lushan and Qin Hui. To suppress them, you have to be ruthless.
"Two generals, I will not arrange troops and horses for you for the time being, but I can arrange warships." Su Chen stood up and nodded towards the imperial step.
Besides Wu Zixun, there was also Zheng He. He stepped forward knowingly and looked at Zhou Yu and Gan Ning with a smile.
"My family is a naval admiral. We have been overseas and are familiar with naval warfare. The two of us are outstanding people, but I am afraid they are not familiar with naval warfare. When the time comes, we will go to sea with our family and teach you all about this sea battle. Wind and waves are not good for people like ours.”
Zheng He's ability to remain standing beside Zhu Di was not just due to his eyesight. Sometimes he acted openly and admirably.
If I only said the first half of what I said just now, people like Zhou Yu and Gan Ning would rather die than follow the eunuchs, but the second half told them openly and frankly what happened in the naval battle. I'll leave it to you later.
"The matter is arranged like this. There are already four warships in Linzhou. I have issued an imperial edict half a month ago, asking Feiyun Port to send four more warships. The total number of naval forces is Eight thousand people!"
Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Zhou Yu and Gan Ning with a ferocious look.
“Both generals have experienced hundreds of battles and are proficient in water warfare. I believe that naval warfare will not be a problem for you. I will be waiting in Luyang for news of Wu’s transformation to Xia!”
Su Chen raised his hand and arched it again, "At one go, take down the Kingdom of Wu!"
"Yes!" Zhou Yu and Gan Ning arched their hands together.
The court meeting continued for a while, and they discussed some food supplies and the progress of training to cross the river in Qingzhou. After the court was dismissed, Su Chen led Zheng He, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu away .
Zhou Yu and Gan Ning met with the generals from the late Han Dynasty and later generations.
"Mishurou, I have long admired you!"
"Haha, Zhou Lang, there are many poets in the Tang Dynasty who have written poems for you. Do you want to listen to a few lines?"
"General Gan is also very powerful. He stormed Cao Ying with a hundred cavalry!"
< br>"Haha, let's talk about it, don't drag us Cao Wei."
"Haha!"
A group of arrogant soldiers laughed in the hall, Zhou Yu's majesty, and they Seeing the courtesy one by one, being praised one after another by these people made me feel a little embarrassed.
"Gong Jin!"
At this time, a familiar voice came from behind. Zhou Yu turned around and saw Zhuge Liang, who was wearing a crane cloak and waving his feather fan slightly, smiling at him. The two of them immediately walked together in the palace. , looking at the surrounding palace buildings.
“I never thought that one day Liang would be able to serve as a minister in the same palace as Gong Jin.”
“Haha, things are unpredictable.”
Zhou Yu’s face is like white jade, and his turban is white. , as slender as Zhuge Liang, two middle-aged handsome men walked together, which made the ladies in the front palace blush, whisper, cover their mouths and snicker.
Neither of them paid attention to the maids and eunuchs around them. They walked past the shade of a swaying tree on the ground. Zhou Yu held his hands behind his back. He kept the clothes and headdress of the Han Dynasty. He was grand and chatting and laughing with Zhuge Liang.
From time to time, the events after Zhou Yu's death were mentioned. Zhuge Liang felt sorry for his untimely death, and Zhou Yu was also heartbroken that Zhuge Liang worked to death.
"By the way, Gong Jin really died of illness back then?"
Zhuge Liang stopped and turned his head to look over. Zhou Yu still kept a smile on his face, but did not answer him. Immediately, Zhuge Liang smiled. , shaking the feather fan, "Liang suddenly remembered a story about a rural history that His Majesty told."
"What story?" Zhou Yu's face showed curiosity. Zhuge Liang wanted to say it, but he laughed first. He waved the crane fan in his hand: "There is a rumor circulating among the people that Gong Jin was narrow-minded and was driven to death by Liang. It was also said that Gong Jin said before he died: Why is Sheng Yu so bright? ”
“Haha!”
Zhou Yu was also amused by these words and burst out laughing, “It’s really funny for future generations, but...it’s really because of my sudden death that people can’t think about it. Okay."
"Why?"
"Let the person who writes the book have a story to write and something to eat, then the story of me being pissed off is a good thing. ! ”
"Gong Jin is still the same as before."
Zhuge Liang sighed as he looked at the open-minded Jiangdong Zhoulang in front of him. The two continued to talk and laugh along the palace. They talked about attacking Soochow by sea. Attack, he asked Zhou Yu if he was sure.
The latter laughed heartily, "I have never attacked him with famous generals such as Guan Yu and Zhang Liao. Let's not say whether I am sure or not. Just this lineup makes Yu's heart surge!"
While the two were talking, Su Chen, who had retreated out of the front palace, came to the ancestral temple. He had one more thing to do, which was to bring Queen Ma over to Zhu Yuanzhang. Every time he came here, that A Ming Taizu would come over and ask when he would summon Xiuying.
Just like when Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji urged him to bring Yang Yuhuan over, Su Chen would have to complain about the other party.
But when it comes to Queen Ma, she is willing to do so. Among the queens in the dynasties, there are very few who can compare with Ma Xiuying. She can make suggestions in wars, and can be a good housekeeper in establishing a country, helping her husband to govern the country.
Allowing women all over the world to get married and wear phoenix crowns and harems. How can such magnanimity and overall view not be respected? Zheng Neng will not let Zhu Yuanzhang miss him.
No, as soon as Su Chen arrived here, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was scolding his son over there, threw away his whip and his sleeves floated over.
When Zheng He greeted him, Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to care about him and grabbed Su Chen's sleeve.
"Chang Sheng, please stop prevaricating this time. Come on, come over here. I will get you Lao Chang and Lao Xu. You can bring our eldest sister over here. We Lao Zhu Cheng your love.”
To be able to make the ferocious Zhu Yuanzhang say these words in his later years shows that he misses Queen Ma.
"Your Majesty, if you treat this as a deal, you are looking down on me."
When they arrived at the courtyard where Li Xuanba often read, he asked Taoist Li to get Queen Ma's token. , now a group of emperors who had been unlocked in the ancestral temple came around curiously, blocking the crescent gate of the small courtyard and looking around.
The anxious Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves to chase them away.
“What are you looking at, what is there to see!”
He turned around and shouted to a figure on the courtyard wall: "Cao Ah Ma, especially you, leave quickly!"
Cao Cao rode on the courtyard, just like he did in Luoyang with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu when they were young. . Now he was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was not angry. He laughed loudly and lowered himself to the wall, pointing at another figure in the corner.
"Why doesn't he leave?"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around again, with an angry look on his face: "Li Shimin, you are leaving too, who doesn't know your temper!"
Li Shimin was resentful. He walked out of the corner, kicked Cao Cao, and said something like a child comparing himself to others.
"What's so strange? I also asked Changsheng to bring my eldest grandson Queen!"
When he left, the surrounding emperors were almost driven away by Ming Taizu, and only Zhu Di remained here. Although He was not born to Queen Ma, but he respected her as his mother.
Not long after, Li Tiangang found the token and handed it to Su Chen. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's eager eyes, the token gradually lit up.
I saw a puff of green smoke suddenly filling the ground. In the smoke, the figure of an old woman with gray temples gradually appeared. She was lying quietly on the ground with her eyes closed. Just from her appearance, I saw dignity and kindness.
“Xiuying!”
Before the smoke dissipated, Zhu Yuanzhang rushed forward impatiently, with a smile that could not be concealed on his face. He directly picked up Queen Ma, who had not yet woken up, and turned around and ran towards the side room.
Pushing open the door of a room, Zhu Yuanzhang gently put the old woman in his arms on the bed, held his hands that gradually became warm, and looked at the peaceful old wife on the bed. This is The woman who accompanied him from nothing to the emperor.
"Xiuying, open your eyes quickly and talk to me."
When Su Chen came in softly from outside, the old woman on the bed was slowly waking up. She had died of illness, and her face looked pale and sickly.
“Your Majesty?”
The moment she woke up, the old woman saw Zhu Yuanzhang in front of her with a grin on her face and a happy face. She slowly stretched out her hand and touched the familiar face.
"I just took a nap, what time is it outside? The ministers are still waiting. Your Majesty should put state affairs first and don't guard me as a woman. You are the emperor and make people laugh. "
"No...it's all over, I don't have to worry about the country anymore, I..." Zhu Yuanzhang held the Queen Ma in front of him tightly, his voice choked up, "I just want to keep it safe now. Our Xiuying is not going anywhere, thinking about nothing.”
“You... are becoming more and more like a child as you get older.”
Empress Ma also smiled and looked at her husband. Patting her hands, she twisted her dry lips and looked around: "Where's Biao'er? Let him take care of the ministers..."
Zhu Yuanzhang's smile froze for a moment, and if he were someone else, his face would turn gloomy at this time, but when facing his first wife, there was only an expression of pain on his face.
"Queen...we...failed to take good care of the boss (Zhu Biao)"
Queen Ma stared, her body seemed to have recovered at this moment, she sat up and stared blankly Looking at her husband, she naturally knew the meaning of this sentence.
"Biao'er..." Queen Ma's lips were slightly opened and she couldn't make a sound. Suddenly she raised her hand and slapped Zhu Yuanzhang. She hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's head and cried hoarsely.
"Changsheng, let's go out." When Zhu Di saw this scene, he wiped the corners of his eyes and whispered. Su Chen also felt that it was not appropriate to disturb the reunion of Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife, so he and Zhu Di exited the room and gently closed the door.
Right now, what needs to be done is done.
Only war remains.
......
Soon after, Zheng He, Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, and Yuwen Chengdu traveled from Luyang to Linzhou to join the other four sea-going ships coming from Feiyun Port in the north, eight ships Warships Warships form a fleet.
Zheng He practiced every day, explaining to the two the subtleties of naval warfare, as well as sea weather, wind direction, and fruits.
Half a month passed in a hurry, and when the civil strife in Vietnam became more and more intense, the drills for the cross-river battle between Yizhou and Bingju in Gyeongju also tended to be perfected.
Late August.
Gyeongju.
"Wu Guo..." Guan Yu pressed his hands on the city wall, his tall body, his green robe swaying in the night wind. He looked south, and a heroic voice sounded from the top of the city, "When using troops, "
Although it was not Soochow back then, he could still feel a fire burning in his heart when it came to the word 'Wu Kingdom'.
Zhang Liao stood beside his friend.
“I don’t know if they still have 100,000 troops to fight.”
(End of this chapter)