marquis of jingan

Chapter 909

Li Zhun, on the whole, doesn't have any major problems, but because he only reads books all the time, but has no contact with people, he is not very accurate in grasping people's hearts.

As for his strategy for the Northern Expedition, although there are many places where it does not work, it is generally remarkable and can be regarded as a material that can be made.

Shen Yi chatted with him for about half an hour, and finally chose to leave him in the Xiangshui camp, let him watch and think more as a secretary of the army, and experience it for a while.

In the next few days, Shen Yi was busy with military affairs along the Huaihe River as usual, until the fourth day, he finally got news about the matter he assigned to Jiang Sheng, so Master Shen set off from Xiangshui camp, riding a fast horse all the way Go west, towards Hongze Lake in the west.

On the next morning, he finally arrived at a small town by the Hongze Lake.

There are already some soldiers guarding the gate of this small town. After these soldiers saw Shen Yi and others, they immediately moved out of the way. A middle-aged man with the appearance of a general cupped his fists at Shen Yi and said, "Shen Yi!" Minister", and then brought Shen Yi all the way to the only small restaurant in the town.

After going up to the second floor, a middle-aged man in gray cloth was already sitting quietly on the table by the window on the second floor, as if he had been waiting for Shen Yi for a long time.

Shen Yi didn't salute either, and sat directly opposite the middle-aged man. After glancing at him, he said lightly, "Master Hou came early."

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Shen Yi was none other than the chief officer of the Huaihe Navy, Marquis of Anping, General Zhao Lu!
General Zhao lifted the jug on the table, poured a glass of wine for Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Shen Yilang invited me, I dare not not come."

Speaking of this, he gave a "tsk", looked up at the young man in front of him, shook his head and said with emotion: "A 22-year-old Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhao has never heard of it before."

Shen Yi took the wine glass he handed over, didn't drink it, just smiled, and said: "The general thinks that the imperial court's appointment of officials is too child's play?"

"That's not it."

Zhao Lu said calmly: "You Shen Qi, to be honest, I don't like you very much, because you are too out of gregarious, but I recognize your credit."

"I'll give you the Minister of the Ministry of War. You should be assigned. To be honest, if you are not too young, it would be no problem to return to Jiankangshi to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War."

Speaking of this, Zhao Lu lowered his head and took a sip of wine, then looked at Shen Yi, and said lightly: "Let's talk about business, Shen Shilang is at His Majesty's place, and I can be said to be incompatible with my Huaihe Navy, and now he has invited me to meet in private." If we meet, you will not be afraid to let the court know, Your Majesty suspects you?"

Master Shen lowered his head and took a sip of his wine.

"I'm afraid I won't come."

He looked at Zhao Lu, took a deep breath, and said, "Master Hou is a busy man, and Mr. Shen has a lot of things to do now, so let's stop talking nonsense, and I'll get straight to the point."

Master Shen said expressionlessly: "I believe Lord Hou can also see that the war in Huai'an is about to resume. When Huai'an fights, I would like to ask the Huaihe Navy to go north and take some pressure off Huai'an."

Zhao Lu looked at Shen Yi quietly, and suddenly smiled.

"Shen Shilang, why?"

Shen Yi took the initiative to grab the jug, filled it up for himself, toasted Zhao Lu with a glass of wine, and then said calmly: "Master Hou is a smart man, there are many things that I don't need to explain, I will only say this once."

"At this time, the Huaihe Navy cooperates with me to attack Qi in the north, and this is the only way for the Zhao family to survive."

"Tsk."

After taking a sip of the wine, General Zhao said quietly: "Shen Shilang is very proud now."

"It's obvious that you Huai'an can't hold on anymore, you came to beg me, but you still have to put on such a high-ranking appearance, pointing the country."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said lightly: "This is what I don't like about you, Shen Shilang. You have lived your life so smoothly, you don't know how to bow your head, and you don't know how to beg for help."

"I'm not begging Lord Hou. I've made it very clear that I'm saving Lord Hou."

Master Shen looked at Zhao Lu and said expressionlessly: "To be honest, I hesitated for a long time about meeting Lord Hou in private, because I don't like the Zhao family very much, and I don't really want to save the Zhao family."

Zhao Lu narrowed his eyes and smiled, "But Shen Shilang has no choice, because..."

"Huai'an will be destroyed soon."

"Huai'an will not be destroyed."

Master Shen looked calm: "But people will die, many people will die."

"Hou Ye should be very clear in his heart. After this battle in Huai'an, the Zhao family's favor with His Majesty will be almost completely exhausted. By then, our Huai'an army will at most suffer heavy casualties, and Your Majesty will no longer be able to endure it." A friendly army is in trouble for the mountain-like Zhao Clan."

"Isn't it difficult for Master Hou to understand this point?"

"I, the Huaihe Navy, will never fail to save friendly troops."

Zhao Lu said quietly: "When Huai'an starts to fight, Zhao will personally lead the troops to rescue."

"It's useless to work without effort."

Shen Yi looked straight at Zhao Lu: "Master Hou thinks, whose army is the Huai'an Army?"

The Huai'an army has always been directly under the emperor's army. This point has been the consensus of the entire court. Whether it is Zhongshu Zaifu or Zhao Lu, they can all see it clearly.

"It doesn't matter whether Lord Hou moves or not, as long as the Huai'an army is severely damaged, even if His Majesty replaces me, he will definitely be angry with the Zhao Clan, even if you don't want to move you in a short time..."

"The pros and cons of this, Hou Ye can naturally understand, so I don't need to say more."

General Zhao didn't answer when he heard the words, but silently lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, then looked at the table, and said slowly: "As expected of being from the top two ranks, you really have a sharp tongue."

"This is true."

"After the Battle of Huai'an broke out, the Huaihe Navy crossed the Huaihe River and attacked the Northern Qi Dynasty, making great contributions. This is the only way for the Zhao Clan to survive."

"This is also currently the only way for the Zhao Clan to regain their friendship with the Tian family."

Master Shen looked at Zhao Lu flatly, and said calmly: "Master Hou should know that I dislike your Zhao family very much, and I was beaten by your fourth daughter. In the court, I hope that your Zhao family will fall down, fall down, and fall down." Smash."

"But now, I'm still willing to show you a way out, Lord Hou."

Zhao Lu looked playful: "Because Shen Shilang, you are not willing to let your foundation in Huai'an be completely consumed."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly.

"Because in my eyes, the lives of your Zhao family are far less important than the lives of my brothers in the Huai'an army."

"So, at the risk of being misunderstood by others, I made an appointment to meet Lord Hou."

When Shen Yi said this, he had already stood up from his seat. He cupped his hands towards Zhao Lu and said, "Of course, good words are hard to persuade the damn ghost."

"What to do, the right to decide is in your hands, Lord Hou. We still have military affairs in our army, so don't bother Lord Hou."

"Farewell."

Zhao Lu sat on a chair and looked up at Shen Yi's back.

"If the Huai'an army is wiped out in this battle, my Zhao family will still be as stable as Mount Tai even if the emperor is annoyed."

At this time, the small building where the two of them were located was guarded by countless people, and no one could come up, so they were a little bolder when they spoke.

Shen Yi stopped, turned around and grinned at Zhao Lu.

"How many of the Qi people will die?"

"Last time, there were more than 6 Qi people, but Huai'an was not defeated."

"I can still return to Huai'an City."

"Even if it's fighting in the wild."

Master Shen narrowed his eyes, with a murderous look: "If 10 Qi people don't die, don't even think about destroying my Huai'an army. Lord Hou, think about how many Qi people are willing to die in Huai'an."

"Even if the Huai'an army is defeated in this battle, the battle report to the imperial court will definitely not be ugly, and the Huai'an army will definitely continue to exist."

Master Shen cast a last glance at Zhao Lu.

"Unless, Lord Hou, you lead the Huai River Navy and attack Huai'an City together with the Qi people, otherwise it would be foolish to destroy the Huai'an army."

After finishing speaking, Shen Yi no longer hesitated, turned around and went downstairs, got on his horse and left.

Zhao Lu stood on the second floor of the small building with his hands behind his back, watching the horses of Shen Yi and others drifting away. For the first time, confusion appeared in the general's eyes.

After a long time, he sighed.

"Among the descendants of my Zhao family, why is there no such person..."

"Having a child should be like Shen Ziheng..."

(End of this chapter)