"Your Majesty, Prime Minister..." A staff officer from the Marching Division's Mansion rushed towards Zhu Heji and Prime Minister Zhuge as if flying.
Zhu Hejicai came back from his morning exercise, his head and face covered with sweat. He was accompanied by Dabo Ling, Aoi Shin, and an angry short and fat Prime Minister Zhuge.
Obo Rei and Aoi Makoto have been exercising regularly at Zhu Heji's request, so they are in excellent physical condition. They ran two laps on the wall of the Prince of Chu's Mansion with Zhu Heji (one lap is eight miles) without much out of breath. I broke out in a fragrant sweat.
Zhu Heji had the best physical strength. After running, he played with hard bows, stone locks, and barbells for a while before returning to the Wangfu Chengyun Hall sweating profusely.
The "Fat Zhuge" who was forced to participate in morning exercise was miserable. After only one lap of jogging, he was already out of breath. He didn't care about his image as a military advisor and just sat down on the city gate tower to catch his breath. As a result, Zhu Heji scolded him for a while, saying that he ate too much, didn't exercise, was too fat, was prone to high blood pressure, and would have a short life...
This made "Fat Zhuge" very angry! What's wrong with an official like him eating too much? Moreover, he is a fan wielder and does not need to charge into battle, so why should he practice? Why is it too fat? What's wrong with being a little fatter? No one among the eight wives and concubines of Duke Zhuge's family thought he was fat.
As for the three highs, Zhuge Sanhe has never had any connection with the word "high" in his life. How could he be "three highs"?
What else is short-lived...Who are you trying to scare? Military Advisor Zhuge had his fortune told, and he predicted that he would live to be sixty-three years old, which was not short at all!
So Zhuge Military Advisor, who was already in his early fifties this year, was so angry that he almost quarreled with Zhu Heji. Fortunately, Da Bo Ling made peace with both sides, which made the "fat military advisor" calm down a little, but he had a black face. Still angry.
However, Zhu Heji was not angry because of the disrespect of the "fat military advisor". He still persuaded him all the way... He sincerely hoped that Zhuge Military Advisor would live a long life.
If you get "three highs" these days, your life span will be greatly shortened, and losing weight is probably the only treatment.
Therefore, Zhu Heji himself pays great attention to keeping in shape and also asks people around him to exercise together. .
And Zhuge Sanhe had his own palace in Nanjing, so it was impossible for Zhuge Sanhe to capture him and train him. However, during this period, Zhuge Sanhe and Zhu Heji lived together in the Prince Chu's Mansion in Wuchang, so they gave Zhu Heji the opportunity to catch him to lose weight.
It's a pity that this "fat Zhuge" doesn't appreciate it at all, and he doesn't think that his life span of sixty-three is too short... Zhu Heji was really speechless!
When he wanted to enlighten Zhuge Sanhe a few more words, an envelope stamped "secret" was already thrust into his hand.
Zhu Heji looked at the seal on the envelope and knew that it was sent by Wu Tu who was lurking around Wu Guogui. He no longer discussed health issues with Zhuge Military Advisor, but took the envelope and strode towards his Royal study room.
Zhuge Sanhe was no longer angry with Zhu Heji and followed him in. On the other hand, Obo Rei and Aoi Makoto returned to the harem and prepared bath water for Zhu Heji.
Zhu Heji tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper inside. On it were eight words: "Everything is ready, all we need is the west wind."
Zhu Heji handed the letter to Zhuge Sanhe and asked, "Prime Minister, what's the wind blowing today?"
"The northwest wind!" Zhuge Sanhe said, "The northwest wind started blowing this morning!"
Zhu Heji thought for a while and said: "Beating drums, gathering generals, military discussions..."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Fat Zhuge, "Prime Minister, it's time for us to go to the battlefield! Which one are you coming to, Xiangyang or Chibi?"
"Xiangyang!" Zhuge Sanhe said, "Sir, you can only go to Chibi Mountain this time, and you must not cross the river to the front of Wulin."
"I know!" Zhu Heji nodded, "Wulin has ruthless men Ling and Yu Xiaoqian stationed there, as well as an army of 120,000 people. It must be absolutely foolproof. I don't need to come in person." He paused and suddenly frowned. "Military advisor, is there really no problem with Xiangyang going there with great fanfare?"
Zhuge Sanhe smiled: "There are 120,000 land and water troops, traveling 500 miles north...how can we hide our traces? Besides, Qing Yao must not be willing to give up Xiangyang."
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"General, this is Mr. Hongge's letter...it is marked with emergency..."
Xue Zhang, a counselor in Wu Guogui's army, quickly walked into the lobby of the general's residence in Yuezhou City with a letter he had just received in his hand.
Zhu Heji's earliest "rival" has been struggling ever since he defected to Wu Sangui. During Wu Yingqi's Northern Expedition, he also wanted to take a chance and asked for help in military affairs. He also became the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. . Later, Wu Yingqi ran away to Guanzhong, and he followed him. Later, he became the prefect of Xi'an and handled logistics for Wu Yingqi. When Wu Yingxiong invaded Xi'an, he ran very fast and even ran into Wu Guogui's army. Wu Guogui saw that he was loyal, so he made him a counselor this time and took him with him as a confidant.
As soon as Xue Da's confidant walked into the lobby, he saw his favorite thing - silver yuan!
Not one or two silver coins, but a whole hall of silver coins, all placed in an open leather box. The silver was shining brightly, which was very pleasing to the eye.
Wu Guogui, who doesn't usually like money, was standing in the lobby blankly at this time, surrounded by boxes full of silver coins!
Xue Zhang quickly walked to Wu Guogui and asked in a low voice: "General, this silver..."
"One million..." Wu Guogui took a breath and said, "There is also a million in banknotes given to the official bank of Dongchang! This Emperor Zhu is so damn rich!"
Xue Zhang thought: "Emperor Zhu is rich, but the more than three million he spent is worth it... Wu Guogui sold two countries at once this time! Not only did he betray Zhou, but he also In the Qing Dynasty, the average price per country was only 1.5 million, so cheap!"
Thinking of this, he handed over the zazi in his hand: "General... Mr. Hongge sent the zazi from the army of Prince Daqing'an."
"Oh, the goods have arrived..." Wu Guogui joked as he reached for the letter, tore open the seal, took out the letter paper and read it, "Yue Le's army has arrived at the salt separation station by the Changxia River. By the way...by the way, what's the wind blowing today?"
Xue Zhang said: "Northwest wind!"
Wu Guogui nodded, "Go and call me Navy Left General Zhou Zhenbiao!"
Xue Zhang was stunned, "Did you call me here?"
"Yes!" Wu Guogui said with a smile, "I have to give him the money first, and then send him to set the fire... This time I have to lead an army of 50,000 to watch Yue Le fight, and the only job to set the fire is Leave it to others."
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"The west wind is getting stronger! Your Majesty, the west wind is getting stronger!"
"Your Majesty, the scouts sent by my humble position to investigate the Yangtze River have come to report that there are more than a hundred sailboats coming from the direction of Yuezhou!"
On the Changxia River on the north bank of Honghu Lake, the curtain of a large tent where Prince Yue Le of Qing'an was sitting was suddenly opened. After a cool breeze passed, two veterans of Yue Le's command, Laita and Zhao Guozuo, were already one after another. Then walked in.
Yue Le, who was writing a memorial to Emperor Kangxi with his head lowered, suddenly had a solemn expression on his face when he heard the two people's reports.
"Your Majesty," Laita, a veteran who is almost 60 years old this year, saw Yue Le's expression and quickly stepped forward, "Now we have twelve solid mountains, and Wu Yingxiong also promised to send 50,000 reinforcements. As long as the fire on the Yangtze River If we get it... we can be invincible no matter what!"
Mr. Zhao Guozuo, who followed his father Zhao Yihe to join Nurhachi, is seventy-one years old this year, but he is still strong and strong and joins the army with gray hair. He came to Yue Le with a smile and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this battle in Huguang is related to the survival of Wu and Zhou Dynasties. They dare not not fight desperately, so don't worry too much. Our Qing Dynasty's Guo Zuo has his own God bless you, have you not encountered many difficulties in the past few decades? Have you not come all the way? Besides, our new Eight Banners Army is unprecedentedly powerful! Even the old Eight Banners at the time of Emperor Taizu were still alive, and they were not as powerful as today’s New Eight Banners Army. The Eight Banners are powerful, so we will definitely win this battle!"
Looking at this confident old man, Yue Le's mood also improved... He was so old and still stepped forward to protect the Qing Dynasty. How could he, a prince of Aixinjueluo, not cheer up? Come?
Thinking of this, Yue Le nodded heavily and ordered: "Send people to investigate again... As long as the fire breaks out in Chibi and the pontoon is burned down, we will send troops to Wulin!"
