Zhu Nao

Xie Hua walked on the road wearing a bamboo hat, dressed like an ordinary farmer.When he came near a mansion, he saw that people in the mansion were busy moving in and out, carrying things.He quickly retreated to the side of the road to observe for a while, and then walked towards the gate of the mansion.

Walking to the gate, he raised the brim of his hat slightly, revealing half of his face.The guard guarding the gate took a closer look, recognized him, and hurriedly said in a low voice, "Young Master, are you here to find General Quan?"

Xie Hua nodded.

The guard said: "My lord, please wait a moment, let me go in and make an announcement."

Xie Hua lowered the brim of his hat again, and said, "Go."

After a while, the guard came out after the report, and made an invitation gesture: "My lord, please come in, the general is waiting in the backyard."

Xie Hua walked towards the mansion calmly.

He entered the backyard, Quan Yu really stood there, seeing him coming, he smiled a little bluntly, and greeted him: "Why did Mr. Xie come to visit suddenly today?"

Xie Hua smiled and said, "I heard that General Quan sold a batch of goods quickly recently. Is this going to be ready for an expedition? I don't know where to go this time?"

Quan Yu said helplessly: "Young Master Xie's news is really well-informed. In less than two days, Young Master Xie has already heard about it."

Xie Hua said: "I thought I had a deep friendship with General Quan, but why didn't General Quan inform me of such a big matter? Could it be that he still wants to hide it from me? This really makes me very sad." When he spoke, his tone Neither yin nor yang, implying a bit of threat.

Quan Yu hurriedly said: "Where is it! Isn't it because I received an order to transfer troops temporarily in the past two days, and I am so busy? So I haven't had time to inform Mr. Xie..." He licked his lips and apologized, "Don't Stand up, let's sit down and talk."

The two walked to the edge of the pavilion and sat down. Xie Hua asked, "General, where are you going to lead the troops this time?"

Quan Yu said: "Xuzhou."

Xie Hua was secretly taken aback, and asked, "Xuzhou! Are you going to conquer the Huainan Army?" He also knew that Ma Shu led the Huainan Army to defeat Xuzhou not long ago, but he didn't expect Zhu Nao to decide to fight back so quickly?Does Zhu Nao value Xuzhou so much?

Quan Yu didn't answer immediately, his eyes rolled, as if there was something else hidden about this matter.Xie Hua hurriedly took out two ingots of gold from his bosom and stuffed them into Quan Yu's hands.

Quan Yu weighed the weight of the gold, curled his lips, as if he was not satisfied with this benefit.

Xie Hua hurriedly said: "General, don't worry, I came out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring too much with me. If the news is worthwhile, the benefits will definitely come from the general. Don't you know who I am as a general?"

After a pause, he said with a cold face: "But if the general doesn't tell the truth, and treats me, Xie, as a fool, hehe...then don't blame me for not being friendly."

A few months ago, Xie Hua found someone to connect with Quan Yu.Quan Yu was one of Xie Wuji's subordinates, he was always greedy for money, so Xie Hua bribed him and obtained some information about the Shu army from him.

The information he bought before actually didn't play any role, he just succeeded in using this method to successfully drag Quan Yu into the water.Now he has the evidence of Quan Yu accepting bribes from him, if Quan Yu doesn't listen to him, if he hand over the evidence, Quan Yu will be unable to bear it.

However, he did not blindly take threats to prevent Quan Yu from resisting and not working hard.Therefore, he still adopted a combination of coercion and lure. Apart from threatening, he was also very generous with Quan Yu.

Quan Yu got his guarantee, and then he put the gold in his arms, sighed: "Okay. This matter is of great importance, and it is a top secret. Mr. Xie, please don't sell me if you turn around. If people know that you never The news I know here, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my head."

Xie Hua was secretly happy when he heard this: It seems that there is really important news!

He hurriedly said: "Don't worry, general, if something happens to the general, can I escape again? Tell me quickly, what is the purpose of your trip to Xuzhou?"

Quan Yu lowered his voice and said, "Young Master Xie, do you know that your Jiangnan General Jianwu led troops to capture Xuzhou not long ago?"

Xie Hua nodded again and again: "I know."

Quan Yu said: "Originally, after General Tian surrendered, this Xuzhou should belong to our Shu Kingdom together. However, that General Jianwu suddenly rebelled and caused changes in Xuzhou. Our Majesty is very dissatisfied. But Your Majesty is also a man who loves talents. After hearing about General Ma's deeds, he thought that he was a rare talent, and it would be a pity to wipe him out directly, and it would be great if he could use it for himself."

Xie Hua was secretly surprised: Zhu Nao really has the intention to surrender the horse bundle!

He hurriedly asked: "Then when you go to Xuzhou, are you going to talk about surrendering General Jianwu?"

Quan Yu shook his head and said, "I am a first-time martial artist, why would you let me talk about surrendering? Your Majesty has already sent someone there, and I heard that General Ma seems to really intend to surrender, but the conditions need to be discussed again."

Xie Hua choked for breath.Has Ma Shu intentionally surrendered to the Shu army? !The despicable treacherous man! !

He resisted the urge to gnash his teeth and asked, "Could it be that the general led troops to deter him?"

Quan Yu shook his head again: "No. I sent troops this time to show the court of Chen Guo."

Xie Hua frowned: "Do it for Chen Guo's court? How do you say that?"

Quan Yu said: "Since General Ma and the Huainan Army will surrender sooner or later, His Majesty hopes that he will have more capital in his hands when he surrenders. So he sent us to confuse the court of Chen Guo, making Chen Chao think that we intend to fight against the Huainan Army. Fight. In this way, Chen Chao will definitely support the Huainan Army with all his strength, asking money for money, food for food, and people for people. And the money, food, and troops they give will all be included in our pockets with the Huainan Army in the future .Your Majesty can greatly weaken the strength of Chen Guo without a single soldier."

Hearing this, Xie Hua couldn't help but change his face: Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji are really insidious, they can come up with such a trick!

If the dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River believe that Ma Shu is going to go to war with the Shu army, they will undoubtedly support Ma Shu!After all, the longer Ma Shu insisted on staying in Xuzhou, the longer the dignitaries could stay in Jiangnan; the more Ma Shu exhausted the Shu army, the easier it would be for them to negotiate terms with the Shu people in the future!Is it true that they will ask for money for money and food for food!

Zhu Nao actually guessed their thoughts and used horse bundles and the Huainan army to fish.If this really makes him succeed in fishing, it will definitely deal a huge blow to Chen Chao!

In order to support Liang Guo's fight against Shu, Chen Guo had spent a large amount of money and food, but in the end it was all in vain.If Ma Shu was allowed to swindle another sum of military expenses, even if he was as rich as Chen Guo, he would be bleeding heavily.

What's worse, once this treacherous scheme succeeds, the loss of money and food will be the next thing, and the blow to Chen Guo's heart will be the most fatal.You must know that Tao Bei was not at the end of his life when Liang Guo was destroyed and Tao Bei committed suicide. He still had tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands.But he gave up the resistance directly, because he knew that the hearts of the people had been scattered, and forcing him to fight would only lead him to the point of betrayal, so he surrendered.

If Chen Guo pinned his hope on Ma Shu, but was betrayed by Ma Shu in the end, then the low morale of Chen Guo would collapse in an instant, and Zhu Nao could easily defeat others without fighting!

Xie Hua broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of this, secretly glad that he had already bribed Quan Yu and knew the news in advance.Now he must quickly pass the news back, lest people in Jiangning Mansion fall into Zhu Nao's tricks.

Quan Yu rubbed his fingers and said: "Young Master Xie, I'm telling you the news, but I've already given up. Look..."

Xie Hua hurriedly said: "Don't worry, General, I will definitely deliver the thank you gift before you go out to battle, and keep it to your satisfaction."

In his heart, he couldn't help but secretly despise: This Quan Yu is really greedy for money, and sooner or later he will be killed by money.

"General, if you have any new news, please let me know as soon as possible. I still say the same thing, if you make me a friend, you will never let the general suffer." After he made a promise, he was anxious to go back to pass the news, and he had to prepare The money will not stay for long.

Soon, he left Quan Yu's mansion.

After sending Xie Hua away, Quan Yu looked at his back and sneered first, then took out the two heavy ingots of gold he had just received in his bosom, and couldn't help but really smile.

It's true that he loves money, but he doesn't dare to make any money.He had reported it to Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao when Xie Hua approached them for the first time, and Xie Wuji had asked him to prepare what he said today.

It is true that he wants to send troops to Xuzhou, but it is false to withdraw the horses.They want Ma Shu to think that they will destroy him at all costs, and Ma Shu will definitely ask the court for help when he is in a hurry, but they also let the court of Chen Guo think that Ma Shu has colluded with them long ago, and the court will treat Ma Shu coldly Treat each other.In this way, the conflict between Ma Shu and the nobles of the family will be further intensified.

The fighting between Ma Shu and the court will cause internal friction in Chen Guo, affect the morale of Chen Guojun, and make people more and more divided.By that time, Jun Nao's resistance to regaining Jiangnan will be much smaller.

As for the gold and silver that Xie Hua used to buy Quan Yu, Xie Wuji had already approved Quan Yu to keep it as military expenses, so how could Quan Yu not be elated?

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On the other side, Luoyang City.

A group of heavily armed soldiers and horses slowly walked from the imperial city to the gate of the outer city and stopped.

In the middle of the queue, the curtain of a carriage was lifted, revealing Jun Nao's face sitting inside.Half of his face was illuminated and half was still in shadow, making his smile not as bright as it used to be.

He reluctantly said: "Just send it here..."

Xie Wuji, who was riding on the horse beside him, let out a soft "hmm" after a while.

Recently, Zhu Nao is going back to Hanzhong.Previously, he came out of Hanzhong for the imperial conquest. Although he brought many officials with him, the secrets of the Shu Kingdom still remain in Hanzhong.He needs to go back and preside over the big picture.

Seeing Xie Wuji lowered his eyes and only stared at the horse's back, Zhu Nao said, "I'll get back as soon as possible."

Xie Wuji gave another "hmm".

Zhu Nao's return to Hanzhong this time is actually for a major event-he is going to move the capital.

The reason why the capital city was set in Hanzhong before was because the land of Shu was his base camp. If he wanted to conquer the world, he could not stay in the Shu mansion where the traffic was blocked, but he could not be too far away from Shu, so Hanzhong was more suitable.

However, after occupying the Central Plains now, it is not appropriate to keep the capital in Hanzhong. It is neither developed enough nor convenient for him to govern the north.

He and the officials around him discussed for a period of time whether to set the new capital in Henan or Guanzhong, and finally decided to move the capital back to Luoyang, Henan.

Guanzhong is located in a land surrounded by fortresses, although it is relatively safe, but the transportation is relatively inconvenient.Luoyang is more open, and it is easier to radiate around. Moreover, Jiangnan has not yet settled down, and Luonan is closer to Jiangnan.Regardless of short-term or long-term perspective, Luoyang is more suitable as a new capital.

As for the matter of Ma Shu and Xuzhou, Zhu Nao's fishing net has already been laid down, and he only needs to wait for the net to be collected, so he doesn't need to worry too much.

Zhu Nao leaned against the car window, looked up at Xie Wuji and smiled softly: "General Xie, wait for me to come back."

Xie Wuji replied in a low voice: "Okay."

He jumped off his horse and went to the carriage.Now he was much shorter than the carriage, and he had to raise his head to look at Junao.He stretched out his hand to pull the car window, and Junao took his hand.

He raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Nao: "Come back soon. I'm not afraid of waiting too long, I'm afraid my life is not long enough."

Zhu Nao's eyes fluttered, his breathing froze for a moment, and he sighed: "It's really beautiful and misleading the country... How can I be willing to leave?"

Xie Wuji: "..." What a beautiful girl!

He was angry and funny, turned around and rode back on his horse, and said, "Go, I will take care of things here."

Zhu Nao went back to prepare for moving the capital, and he couldn't be idle in Henan.He wants to monitor Xuzhou, deal with all the restless forces around Luoyang, and raise troops to restore the imperial city, and he has a lot of things to do.

Zhu Nao took a deep look at him, smiled briskly, and then told the imperial guards: "Let's go, let's go."