But the problem now is that our alliance with the Japanese is not reliable, and we are also at odds with Wanyan Pingqiu... so it is very difficult to handle.
Of course, war is unpredictable and difficult to predict. No one knows how the war will develop, so we can only do our best.
Xiao Chen listened with great interest, so I would like to ask Anlun, what if, I mean what if, what if we form an alliance and cooperate with the Russians?
Feng Anlun flatly rejected it. We would rather cooperate with the Japanese and even allow them to garrison Shunfeng City when necessary. We must not allow the Russians to occupy Gao Juli!
The reason is simple. Gao Juli is far away from the Japanese mainland, and they are alone in Gao Juli. Yanyun, Beijiang, and Rus can suppress them to varying degrees.
But the Russians are different. If they occupy Gao Juli, they will use their territory to surround us. No other side of us can restrain them, but will be restrained by him.
Feng Anlun drew Ross and Gao Juli together and asked Xiao Chen if it looked like a tiger's mouth?
Are you putting our entire northern territory in your mouth?
They can swallow it in bites and digest it bit by bit...
Their teeth are sharp enough, and their appetites are big enough, so they can eat but not survive.
"If they do this, we will join forces with the Westerners and send troops to stab them in the butt!" Wen Huan also joined the discussion, "Let's see if they care about their heads or their buttocks!"
"If that happens, Mr. Murong Heng and General Xue Jinshan will also send troops to wipe out all the countries in the Western Region..." Feng Anlun couldn't help grinning as he said, "In that case, the world will be in chaos!"
In such a chaotic situation, it is even more unpredictable who will win in the end.
"After we finish this errand, Anlun, please come back to Yanyun with me." Xiao Chen patted Feng Anlun on the shoulder and said, "Who else is at home? Is Gaotang still there?"
"No." Feng Anlun shook his head sadly, "My parents died early, and my wife also died of illness five years ago."
"My wife passed away five years ago, General Feng, haven't you renewed your relationship yet?" Wen Huan asked curiously.
"Haha, aren't we always at war? We can't take care of family matters. Besides, I have a deep relationship with Zhuo Jing, my childhood sweetheart, but I don't want to get married again. I just want to keep this life to serve the country." Feng Anlun said.
"Once upon a time, the sea was too difficult for water, except for Wushan, it was not clouds. I looked back lazily at the flowers, half destined to serve the country and half destined to be the king!" Xiao Chen was quite emotional and composed a quatrain.
"Oh, Master Xiao, this poem is really..." Feng Anlun suddenly burst into tears, "It touched the general's heart!"
From then on, he regarded Xiao Chen as a confidant.
"What is it like for a general to cry and moan all the time?" Gong Shouli couldn't stand it.
"Heroes are short of breath, but children are long in love." Xiao Chen sighed, "You don't know this, Old Gong."
"You just say what you say, don't be so annoying!" Gong Shouli doesn't like to hear this. Your boy is now able to love his son and daughter, but I am still a hero and short of breath!
Why don’t I know about the love between men and women? I wasn’t born to be a eunuch!
I was also romantic back then, okay?
When it comes to women, I know more than you!
"Okay, okay, you know everything, okay?" Xiao Chen said with a smile, "Let's go have a drink... An Lun, too."
"I have a lot of responsibilities, so I can't drink. Sir, please excuse me." Feng Anlun wiped away his tears and stood up.
"Who the hell is drinking with you this early in the morning? You're just a loser!" Gong Shouli also walked away angrily.
After arriving in Jiangnan County one day, Ling'er broke up with everyone and went straight to Xiangxi. Before leaving, he repeatedly told the younger brothers to protect our brother. The Tianxuanhui group could not do anything to our brother, but Li Feng, Li Shi and the others That's not necessarily the case. In short, we will kill when necessary. It doesn't matter whether he is a prince or not. Anyone who dares to harm my brother must die!
In addition, you also help me take good care of Gong Shouli and don't let anything happen to him...
Wu Hongchang held a grand banquet to welcome Xiao Chen and others. He expressed his gratitude to Xiao Chen. If it weren't for Mr. Xiao Chen who cut through the mess quickly and quickly settled the big case, who knows how many people would have been involved?
Dozens of our officials in Jiangnan County were taken away, which made the whole county panic and have no intention of doing anything...
Even the chief envoy, Mr. Chen, was implicated and imprisoned, and was awaiting his punishment at home. He had no choice but to transfer Zi Ang to help me with political affairs. Fortunately, Zi Ang was here, otherwise brother, I would have been really worried.
The Zi'ang he was talking about was naturally Chen Zi'ang. Firstly, Chen Ziang was indeed capable. Secondly, he was recommended by Prince Zhongcheng. Thirdly, Wu Hongchang also knew that Chen Ziang was recognized by Xiao Chenhui, so he was commending him in public at this moment. He also gave Xiao Chen face.
After the banquet, Xiao Chen, Xu Haiming, and Gong Shouli talked secretly with Wu Hongchang and told him everything about the robbery by Japanese warships at sea. Wu Hongchang was very angry after hearing this. No wonder the following report said that two merchant ships were missing. Why? I can't find him. He was really killed by the little devil!
In fact, this kind of thing happened more than once. Wu Hongchang knew that it was Japan's fault, but there was nothing he could do about it. But before they were just robbing, now they are killing people!
When the Emperor cooperated with them, I strongly opposed it, but the Emperor did not listen to us...
Xiao Chen handed over all the gold and silver cargo recovered from the Japanese battleship to Wu Hongchang and asked him to find a way to return it to the families of those who died, and Wu Hongchang readily agreed.
We only rested for one night in Jiangnan County, and set off on the next day. We arrived at Zhuqian City in the northwest of Yizhou within a day. Because it is windy all year round, it is also called the 'Wind City'.
There was no port here before. When Li Wanyun and the Japanese fleet launched their attack last year, they used this place as a landing point, and later built a temporary port.
It is said to be a city, but it is actually just a place temporarily enclosed by a wall made of woven bamboo. There are not many residents in the city, most of them are wounded soldiers who have been evacuated from the battlefield. Although this battle basically eliminated the Tianxuan Society, the casualties among the Zhou generals were also considerable.
As imperial envoys, Xiao Chen and the others naturally wanted to offer condolences for a while, but the wounded soldiers did not show any enthusiasm towards these imperial envoys. They all had expressionless faces and ignored them.
Before they could get far, there were a lot of complaints from behind. The damn old men fought desperately with Tianxuanhui and narrowly escaped death. They were injured and disabled. Now they are left here with no one to care about them and no one to question them.
You don't even have enough to eat, yet you are all well-dressed and talking these useless words!
Some even had bad tempers and directly cursed their mothers in various local dialects. Xiao Chen and the others pretended not to hear them when they heard them, and pretended not to understand them even when they understood...
The garrison general sent a group of troops to escort the adults south. The journey was rugged and devastated. Few of the towns they passed were intact, and there were traces of gunpowder smoke everywhere.
There are also shocking new graves and white bones scattered all over the mountains and plains. At night, ghosts and wolves howl, which frightens the timid civil servants three times a night and makes them unable to sleep.
