"Brother Cungu, you scared me to death just now!"
Zheng Sen saw that Xia Wanchun finally returned to normal, and then he dared to complain.
Hearing this, Xia Wanchun saluted Zheng Sen again and said, "My little brother is stupid and has to work hard..."
"ah!"
Before Xia Wanchun could finish his words, he was kicked in the butt by Zheng Sen, and he immediately let out a scream.
Then he rubbed his buttocks and cursed angrily: "You Qiu Ba, how can you be so vulgar!"
Hearing this, Zheng Sen smiled instead of getting angry and said, "Yes, I am just a shameless Qiu Ba. It's not like you only found out today."
After saying that, he winked at Xia Wanchun proudly and said jokingly: "If you don't accept it, come and bite me!"
Xia Wanchun was still young at heart. Hearing this, he immediately pounced on him.
For a time, the deck was filled with laughter and laughter.
Zhang Huangyan looked at the two laughing people, and his previously solemn expression gradually relaxed.
After the two stopped, Zhang Huangyan glanced at Xia Wanchun who was watching the sunrise opposite, then quietly walked to Zheng Sen's side and asked in a low voice: "Brother Damu, can you save Brother Gu's life? "
When Zheng Sen heard this, he immediately stopped his smile and said solemnly: "If this happened in the south, with the reputation of our Zheng family and some money, it would be fine."
"But this happened in the north, and Brother Cungu sent the letter directly to the emperor for... In addition, I heard that Chong... Your Majesty is very suspicious and a little moody. I really have nothing to do with it. grasp!"
As he spoke, seeing Zhang Huangyan's sad face, he hurriedly added: "Brother Xuanzhu, don't worry too much. I have asked my father to write a letter to plead for brother Cungu."
"And I have brought five thousand elite soldiers this time, plus my fourth uncle will come with ten thousand elite soldiers. Your Majesty, considering the face of these soldiers, will give my father some face."
Zhang Huangyan was silent for a while and said in a deep voice: "The rebels are raging now. As long as we can make military exploits, we may be able to save brother Gu's life!"
"Before that, we have to find a reason to shirk it and delay it for a while."
As he spoke, he looked at Zheng Sen and said, "Brother Cungu and I only brought more than a thousand people. I'm afraid we have to rely on Brother Damu for this matter."
Hearing this, Zheng Sen said with an unhappy expression: "Brother Xuanzhu, are you scolding me?"
"Although I, Zheng Sen, am a rough man, I still know the word "loyalty and trustworthiness". What's more, if you don't give up and are willing to talk to me, a rough man like me, I have already treated you as brothers..."
Zhang Huangyan saw Zheng Sen's sincere affection and thought of his heroic nature, so he immediately apologized and said, "Yes, it was Zhang who was abrupt, please forgive me, Brother Damu!"
When Zheng Sen heard this, he punched him, and then the two of them laughed.
Xia Wanchun, who was enjoying the sunrise, heard the sound and turned to look at them and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Zheng Sen smiled and said, "Your brother Xuanzhu is dreaming about becoming a prime minister!"
Xia Wanchun glanced at him with feigned contempt and cursed with a smile: "My brother Xuanzhu is so noble, how could he be so dirty? I'm afraid you, Qiu Ba, are dreaming!"
With that said, he walked over again and said with a serious face: "Now that we are approaching the capital, shouldn't we make plans?"
Zhang Huangyan thought for a while and said: "According to Brother Damu's news, the siege of the capital has been lifted. With our military strength, there is no advantage in going to Shanxi to fight the rebels. If we want to achieve anything, we must win by surprise."
He said and glanced at Zheng Sen again.
Zheng Sen nodded and said: "Yes, the southern troops are at ease and not good at land warfare, so we should first choose water warfare. I heard that the Jurchens had sent troops before, but withdrew due to internal conflicts."
"However, with Dorgon's resourcefulness, I am afraid that he will come back soon. Therefore, I think that if we can lead the army to attack Pi Island and delay the Jurchen's southern invasion, we may make His Majesty Longyan very happy..."
"Hey, what about you? How can you stop your ship here?"
"Then the boat can stop, why can't I stop?"
"Hey, you're quite a arrogant kid. What do you think this place is? I'm telling you, no matter who you are, you have to obey my command when you get here, otherwise..."
"Don't fart. You think I don't know. You must have received the money from the salt boat. I'm telling you..."
"What the hell are you talking about, I..."
Suddenly, a quarrel came from a distance.
The three of them followed the sound, but it was the soldiers who had arrived at the port earlier who got into an argument with each other over the issue of stopping the ship.
When Zheng Sen saw that his people were being bullied, he was immediately furious. Just as he was about to urge the sailors forward, he saw an official wearing a black gauze hat and a heron green robe walking over with a dozen people.
The soldier who was very arrogant before saw the visitor and immediately became silent and stood aside.
When Zheng Sen saw this, he couldn't help but spit and cursed: "No wonder the rebels are so rampant. It turns out that these northern soldiers are all cowards. If..."
"Brother Omu, be careful what you say!"
Zhang Huangyan on the side was worried that his arrogant words would cause trouble, so he hurriedly tried to dissuade him.
When Zheng Sen heard this, he immediately reacted and forcefully suppressed some of the Chinese essence.
At this time, the official from before shouted to them: "Is the incoming ship the ship of the Minister of War in Nanjing?"
Just as Zheng Sen was about to answer, a voice with a drake's voice sounded from the boat on the first floor: "This boat is the boat of the Minister of History, who is it?"
When the man heard the words, he bowed and whispered a few words to the person behind him, and then said loudly: "His Majesty Anguo Gong has decreed that he has come to reward the army. Please also ask the Minister of History to disembark to receive the decree!"
When the people on the first floor heard this, they immediately became busy.
After a while, Shi Kefa, Lu Jiude and others were seen hurriedly getting off the boat and kneeling down to receive the order.
Xia Wanchun on the second floor looked at Liu Wenbing in the crowd and said with some confusion: "Brother Damu, didn't you say that Duke An Guo was very powerful? Why does that man look so weak?"
In fact, Zheng Sen had never met Liu Wenbing, but because he had previously heard that Liu Wenbing defeated the rebels at Zhangyimen and Chaoyangmen, and then led only 6,000 cavalry to relieve the siege of Baoding, he thought he was an extraordinary heroic man. .
Therefore, when Xia Wanchun asked, he made up nonsense based on some rumors and his own imagination.
Seeing Xia Wanchun asking questions at this moment, he smiled awkwardly and said: "I heard that he is quite brave. Maybe he is too tired from encircling and suppressing the rebels these days, so he looks a little thinner!"
Xia Wanchun glanced at him contemptuously and said, "Editor, keep making up, let me see what other nonsense you Qiu Ba can make up!"
He said with some regret: "I have always regarded him as an idol, but now it seems that he is too... too ordinary!"
Zhang Huangyan, who was on the side, heard the words and said with a smile: "Brother Cungu, you don't understand. You must know that every great talent must be unique, so that he can be more extraordinary!"
"For example, Zhang Liang, one of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, has a figure similar to that of a woman, but this does not affect his eternal fame at all!"
Hearing this, Xia Wanchun looked at Zheng Sen with a sly smile on his face and said, "Brother Damu, I suddenly realized that you should also be a person of eternal fame!"
Although Zheng Sen didn't know what Xia Wanchun was going to say, but just by looking at his eyes, he knew that he wouldn't say anything nice, so he immediately attacked first: "Yes, Brother Cungu is more shameless than Qiu Ba like me. He is indeed famous for ever... ..."
"ah!"
Before Zheng Sen could finish his words, he let out a cry of surprise under Xia Wanchun's attack.
Zhang Huangyan shook his head slightly, then looked at Liu Wenbing in the distance, a trace of doubt rising in his heart.
It turned out that he had met Liu Wenbing before when he was in Shanxi with his father.
Liu Wenbing was already an adult at that time, and he was indeed tall and tall. Although it had been seven or eight years, there should not have been such a big change, so he couldn't help but have some doubts about his memory.
In fact, Zhang Huangyan's memory was not wrong, because the person under the boat was not Liu Wenbing at all, but Jin Xuan.
It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the news of Liu Wenbing's death in battle would affect the morale of the army. He also thought that there was no general to attack Pidao, so he had the idea of reviving the corpse and letting people pretend to be Liu Wenbing and lead the army to attack Pidao.
The reason why he had this idea was that he had no general in command. If Liu Wenbing, with his identity and qualifications, led the troops on an expedition, no matter who led the southern army, he would definitely not dare to disobey orders.
The second is that although Liu Wenbing has a distinguished status, he has not been involved in government affairs before. Almost no one in the south knows him. As long as he is careful, he will not be discovered at all.
Thirdly, word spread that Liu Wenbing led troops to attack Pi Island. If the rebels then publicize the news that Liu Wenbing died in battle, everyone may not believe it.
Of course, there are consequences to doing this, but Zhu Yuanzhang has already thought of a countermeasure, but because the situation is not yet clear and the method of handling it is harmful to Tianhe, he has not made a complete decision yet.
