Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1349 Fan Zeng’s Alertness

 Chapter 1347: Fan Zeng’s alertness

Although Grandmaster Sun Wu's peak cultivation was abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang, as a military strategist, what he cares about is never personal force, but the art of war hidden deep in his mind. This is what Zhu Yuanzhang covets the most, but he will always care about it. Things that can’t be taken away either.

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually quite conflicted in his heart. He wanted to completely conquer Sun Wu for his own use, but he ruined Sun Wu's skills, which would undoubtedly increase the hatred between the two.

 But it would not work without abolishing Sun Wu. After all, in front of Sun Wu at the peak of his mastership, without the protection of Luo Shixin, Zhu Yuanzhang might become a corpse at any time.

Therefore, after crippled Sun Wu's skills, in order to resolve the hatred in Sun Wu's heart, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged an extremely luxurious steel cell, provided Sun Wu with the best food and drink, and even prepared to let Sun Wu marry a wife in prison. Give birth to children.

I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang worked very hard for Sun Wu, but Sun Wu was reduced to a useless person by Zhu Yuanzhang after all, so it was naturally impossible for him to accept Zhu Yuanzhang's love.

 So, even in such a comfortable environment, Sun Wu still lived like a beggar, in rags, skinny and skinny.

Seeing that sugar-coated bullets could not defeat Sun Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that this trick would not work, so he changed his strategy and began to play the emotional card.

In the following years, Zhu Yuanzhang came to see Sun Wu whenever he had time. He went to the cell more often than to the canteen.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use his own mind to influence Sun Wu little by little, but unfortunately, he still failed every time. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not discouraged, but fought repeatedly after defeats.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang came to see Sun Wu as usual, bringing a lot of wine and meat. He sat in front of the prison door, ate and drank, and chatted to himself.

After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang eating and drinking outside the prison door, the corners of Sun Wu's mouth couldn't help but twitch violently.

Why is this guy here again?

Sun Wu really didn't want to see Zhu Yuanzhang anymore. This guy always feasted in front of him, clearly tempting him, but he had no choice. As a prisoner of war who was 'precarious', he realized that he had no chance at all. Choice.

 Is there any problem with Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy? If Sun Wu still hated Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, but after being bullied by Zhu Yuanzhang for so many years, the hatred in Sun Wu's heart gradually faded away.

 After all, Zhu Yuanzhang would waste his own skills because he wanted to kill Zhu Yuanzhang several times, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill him, but only disabled his skills. In Sun Wu's view, this was quite merciful.

But although Sun Wu's hatred for Zhu Yuanzhang has faded, he will not be loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang because of it. After all, he has a responsibility to his family, and Sun Wu does not agree with some of the theories of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Sun Wu never thought of seeking refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang's series of actions towards him also moved Sun Wu slightly. If anyone was valued so much by Zhu Yuanzhang, they would probably be moved too. It's a pity that they are not the same people after all. !

"Mr. Sun Wu, what are you doing? It's one thing to surrender or not, but it's another thing to eat the wine and meat or not."

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a piece of beef and said with concern: "You don't have the internal strength to protect your body now. If you only eat prison food, your body will not be able to bear it."

Sun Wu closed his eyes directly. To be honest, he had not eaten meat or drank wine for several years. Those meat and wine that were not available in ordinary times were still very tempting to Sun Wu now.

Sun Wu didn't need to pay anything, he only needed to hook his fingers to enjoy these things with peace of mind, but he still resisted these temptations just to prevent cracks in his state of mind.

Although Sun Wu's skills were crippled, the years of training in prison made him more advanced and gained a deeper understanding of the art of war and all things in the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked for trouble, and he did not force it. He said to himself: "Mr. Sun Wu, I have obtained four of the two counties and three kingdoms in Xuzhou. Tao Qian is only left with Pi."

Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately provoked topics related to the current situation, because if he didn't talk about these, Sun Wu would not pay attention to him at all. And when he mentioned the general trend of the world, Sun Wu immediately opened his eyes.

"Then I would like to congratulate you, your Majesty." Sun Wu said calmly.

 “Thank you, thank you very much.” Zhu Yuanzhang grinned.

Sun Wu’s face turned dark, bastard, can’t you hear that I’m mocking you? This is too thick-skinned!

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about Sun Wu's ridicule and continued to say with a smile: "In a short time, I will be able to unify Xuzhou. At that time, I will leave Tao Qian's life and death to you, sir, okay?"

 “Tao Qian?”

 There was a murderous intent in Sun Wu's eyes. If it weren't for Tao Qian, how could he have fallen to this point, so he hated Tao Qian more than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing Sun Wu's reaction become even bigger, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed. He was not afraid of Sun Wu complaining about heaven and earth, but he was afraid that Sun Wu would have no desires. Now it seems that Sun Wu still has selfish desires.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to pursue the victory, a soldier came to the ground with a piece of letter paper, and Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly changed after reading it.

Seeing this, Sun Wu said calmly: "Zhu Yuanzhang, I didn't expect you to be moved. It seems that the unification of Xuzhou is not going smoothly. Is Liu Bei hindering you?"

In the previous chat, Zhu Yuanzhang and Sun Wu mentioned that Liu Bei had gone south to join Tao Qian, so Sun Wu would know about the outside world.

Hearing Sun Wu mention Liu Bei, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with disdain and said: "Is that man who weaves mats and sells shoes worthy of hindering me, Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Sun Wu frowned. Now in Xuzhou, the only person left who can threaten Zhu Yuanzhang is Liu Bei. Who else could he be?

Zhu Yuanzhang did not mean to hide anything from Sun Wu, and said directly: "Sir, there is no need to guess, it is Qin Hao. He defeated Temujin and defended the Hetao." Sun Wu showed a look of surprise. It turns out that this is what happened. No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang was so abnormal, and he couldn't help being surprised at the same time.

He heard Zhu Yuanzhang mention that the Battle of Hetao was extremely difficult for both sides, and both sides were fighting to the point of using human lives to pile up the enemy. However, he did not expect that such a big turning point suddenly occurred.

In the Battle of Hetao, Qin Hao won a complete victory, which was beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation, and he had no intention of staying with Sun Wu anymore.

 After leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang directly convened the ministers for discussion, and finally came to the conclusion that the Qin army was seriously injured and would not threaten the Ming Dynasty in the short term.

“My lord, let me tell you, our Majesty is quite full.”

Xue Ju complained with a look of dissatisfaction: "Temujin sent all his troops to attack Hetao. What does this have to do with our Ming Dynasty? In the end, His Majesty took the initiative to send 10,000 cavalry to help Qin Hao. These are 10,000 cavalry. , How many cavalry do we have in total in the Ming Dynasty?”

"Yes, it doesn't matter if you are helping your own people, but Qin Hao is our enemy of the Ming Dynasty." Xiang Zhuang also said with a look of dissatisfaction.

 “That’s right…”

Xue Ju echoed. He wanted to complain a few words, but Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a cold glare. Xue Ju immediately shuddered, and swallowed the words that came to his lips with a sneer.

"Your Majesty's concerns are all within your reach. If anyone dares to criticize Your Majesty again in the future, I will definitely punish him severely." Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded him sternly.

 “We don’t dare.” The generals shouted in unison, looking weak.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed slightly when he saw this and helped Qin Hao deal with Yuan Meng. As expected, many people were dissatisfied with His Majesty.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t understand what Emperor Ming was thinking, but he chose to believe in Emperor Ming.

After the meeting, Military Advisor Fan Zeng went to Zhu Yuanzhang privately and said with a serious face: "Master, your Majesty's move to send troops to support Qin Hao this time is said to be for the sake of national justice, but in fact it cannot withstand scrutiny. It is a bit too baffling. "

“What do you mean, military advisor?” Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

 “The situation over there in Taihang is a bit wrong.”

Fan Zeng frowned and said in a deep voice: "Either we reached some cooperation with Qin Hao in private, or Qin Hao paid some price. In short, there must be secrets hidden from us by the DPRK and China."

 “But why is this?”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked puzzled, and then said in horror: "Does your Majesty suspect that this general has different intentions?"

The sky is a clear mirror. In addition to being loyal to Emperor Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang was also affectionate and absolutely single-minded. Otherwise, he would have been independent long ago.

 So, when he thought that Emperor Ming might doubt him, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little aggrieved, and what he immediately thought of was to show his loyalty.

“There must be a bad person who maliciously hurts me, so I will write a letter to your majesty.”

With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to leave, but was held back by Fan Zeng.

"If your Majesty had doubted my lord, I'm afraid he would have sent someone to decentralize the power long ago, but he has never sent anyone to decentralize the power. This proves that your majesty still trusts you, my lord."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked puzzled and asked: "Then why did your Majesty hide it from us? We are just a family!"

Fan Zeng was silent for a while, then shook his head again: "I don't know for the time being. I hope I'm overthinking it."

I have to say that the strange behavior between Qin and Ming has aroused Fan Zeng's vigilance. The intelligence attribute of 101 points is really not just a boast.

However, due to the extreme lack of intelligence and the fact that Fan Zengben was on the chessboard, it was difficult to think outside the chessboard from a global perspective, so he couldn't help but fall into a deadlock for a while, and no specific things had been discovered yet.

"My lord, after the unification of Xuzhou, my lord can return to Taihang to ask your majesty on the grounds of debriefing his duties. Then everything will be clear."

"Um."

 Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said solemnly: "Old Tao Qian thinks he can fight against me with Liu Bei's help, but he doesn't know that everyone has never paid attention to Liu Xuande. He is just Liu Guanzhang. I, Zhu Yuanzhang, can kill him with my backhand."

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, the only people who could become his opponents were Qin Hao and Li Shimin, and Liu Bei was beaten by Huang Chao all the way. How could he take Liu Bei seriously?

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